Linux Analysis Report
boatnet.arm5.elf

Overview

General Information

Sample name: boatnet.arm5.elf
Analysis ID: 1541008
MD5: 034c442def8363d246378ceef0284edd
SHA1: be21cc8207f3480459712d509369cbf8074f683c
SHA256: 56b6ab34a9c83e477bef5c3de4b4dfff63c13448980b7f240818e62b15faf3ad
Tags: elfuser-abuse_ch
Infos:

Detection

Mirai
Score: 76
Range: 0 - 100
Whitelisted: false

Signatures

Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected Mirai
Sample is packed with UPX
ELF contains segments with high entropy indicating compressed/encrypted content
Sample contains only a LOAD segment without any section mappings
Tries to connect to HTTP servers, but all servers are down (expired dropper behavior)
Uses the "uname" system call to query kernel version information (possible evasion)
Yara signature match

Classification

Name Description Attribution Blogpost URLs Link
Mirai Mirai is one of the first significant botnets targeting exposed networking devices running Linux. Found in August 2016 by MalwareMustDie, its name means "future" in Japanese. Nowadays it targets a wide range of networked embedded devices such as IP cameras, home routers (many vendors involved), and other IoT devices. Since the source code was published on "Hack Forums" many variants of the Mirai family appeared, infecting mostly home networks all around the world. No Attribution https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/elf.mirai

AV Detection
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Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Source: boatnet.arm5.elf ReversingLabs: Detection: 28%
Tries to connect to HTTP servers, but all servers are down (expired dropper behavior)
Source: global traffic TCP traffic: 192.168.2.23:42836 -> 91.189.91.43:443
Source: global traffic TCP traffic: 192.168.2.23:42516 -> 109.202.202.202:80
Source: global traffic TCP traffic: 192.168.2.23:43928 -> 91.189.91.42:443
Source: unknown TCP traffic detected without corresponding DNS query: 91.189.91.43
Source: unknown TCP traffic detected without corresponding DNS query: 109.202.202.202
Source: unknown TCP traffic detected without corresponding DNS query: 91.189.91.42
Source: unknown TCP traffic detected without corresponding DNS query: 91.189.91.43
Source: unknown TCP traffic detected without corresponding DNS query: 109.202.202.202
Source: unknown TCP traffic detected without corresponding DNS query: 91.189.91.42
Source: boatnet.arm5.elf String found in binary or memory: http://upx.sf.net
Source: unknown Network traffic detected: HTTP traffic on port 43928 -> 443
Source: unknown Network traffic detected: HTTP traffic on port 42836 -> 443

System Summary
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Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Source: 6215.1.00007f60d8017000.00007f60d802a000.r-x.sdmp, type: MEMORY Matched rule: Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c Author: unknown
Source: 6215.1.00007f60d8017000.00007f60d802a000.r-x.sdmp, type: MEMORY Matched rule: Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8 Author: unknown
Source: 6215.1.00007f60d8017000.00007f60d802a000.r-x.sdmp, type: MEMORY Matched rule: Detects Mirai Botnet Malware Author: Florian Roth
Source: 6215.1.00007f60d8017000.00007f60d802a000.r-x.sdmp, type: MEMORY Matched rule: Detects ELF malware Mirai related Author: Florian Roth
Source: Process Memory Space: boatnet.arm5.elf PID: 6215, type: MEMORYSTR Matched rule: Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c Author: unknown
Source: Process Memory Space: boatnet.arm5.elf PID: 6215, type: MEMORYSTR Matched rule: Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8 Author: unknown
Sample contains only a LOAD segment without any section mappings
Source: LOAD without section mappings Program segment: 0x8000
Yara signature match
Source: 6215.1.00007f60d8017000.00007f60d802a000.r-x.sdmp, type: MEMORY Matched rule: Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c os = linux, severity = x86, creation_date = 2021-01-12, scan_context = file, memory, license = Elastic License v2, threat_name = Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt, fingerprint = a2c6beaec18ca876e8487c11bcc7a29279669588aacb7d3027d8d8df8f5bcead, id = 28a2fe0c-eed5-4c79-81e6-3b11b73a4ebd, last_modified = 2021-09-16
Source: 6215.1.00007f60d8017000.00007f60d802a000.r-x.sdmp, type: MEMORY Matched rule: Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8 os = linux, severity = x86, creation_date = 2021-01-12, scan_context = file, memory, license = Elastic License v2, threat_name = Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt, fingerprint = aa4aee9f3d6bedd8234eaf8778895a0f5d71c42b21f2a428f01f121e85704e8e, id = ea92cca8-bba7-4a1c-9b88-a2d051ad0021, last_modified = 2021-09-16
Source: 6215.1.00007f60d8017000.00007f60d802a000.r-x.sdmp, type: MEMORY Matched rule: Mirai_Botnet_Malware date = 2016-10-04, hash5 = 420bf9215dfb04e5008c5e522eee9946599e2b323b17f17919cd802ebb012175, hash4 = 2efa09c124f277be2199bee58f49fc0ce6c64c0bef30079dfb3d94a6de492a69, hash3 = 20683ff7a5fec1237fc09224af40be029b9548c62c693844624089af568c89d4, hash2 = 05c78c3052b390435e53a87e3d31e9fb17f7c76bb4df2814313bca24735ce81c, hash1 = 05c78c3052b390435e53a87e3d31e9fb17f7c76bb4df2814313bca24735ce81c, author = Florian Roth, description = Detects Mirai Botnet Malware, hash10 = c61bf95146c68bfbbe01d7695337ed0e93ea759f59f651799f07eecdb339f83f, hash11 = d9573c3850e2ae35f371dff977fc3e5282a5e67db8e3274fd7818e8273fd5c89, hash12 = f1100c84abff05e0501e77781160d9815628e7fd2de9e53f5454dbcac7c84ca5, hash9 = bf0471b37dba7939524a30d7d5afc8fcfb8d4a7c9954343196737e72ea4e2dc4, hash8 = 89570ae59462e6472b6769545a999bde8457e47ae0d385caaa3499ab735b8147, hash7 = 70bb0ec35dd9afcfd52ec4e1d920e7045dc51dca0573cd4c753987c9d79405c0, hash6 = 62cdc8b7fffbaf5683a466f6503c03e68a15413a90f6afd5a13ba027631460c6, reference = Internal Research, license = https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/, hash13 = fb713ccf839362bf0fbe01aedd6796f4d74521b133011b408e42c1fd9ab8246b
Source: 6215.1.00007f60d8017000.00007f60d802a000.r-x.sdmp, type: MEMORY Matched rule: MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2 date = 2018-10-27, hash1 = fa0018e75f503f9748a5de0d14d4358db234f65e28c31c8d5878cc58807081c9, author = Florian Roth, description = Detects ELF malware Mirai related, reference = Internal Research
Source: Process Memory Space: boatnet.arm5.elf PID: 6215, type: MEMORYSTR Matched rule: Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c os = linux, severity = x86, creation_date = 2021-01-12, scan_context = file, memory, license = Elastic License v2, threat_name = Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt, fingerprint = a2c6beaec18ca876e8487c11bcc7a29279669588aacb7d3027d8d8df8f5bcead, id = 28a2fe0c-eed5-4c79-81e6-3b11b73a4ebd, last_modified = 2021-09-16
Source: Process Memory Space: boatnet.arm5.elf PID: 6215, type: MEMORYSTR Matched rule: Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8 os = linux, severity = x86, creation_date = 2021-01-12, scan_context = file, memory, license = Elastic License v2, threat_name = Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt, fingerprint = aa4aee9f3d6bedd8234eaf8778895a0f5d71c42b21f2a428f01f121e85704e8e, id = ea92cca8-bba7-4a1c-9b88-a2d051ad0021, last_modified = 2021-09-16
Source: classification engine Classification label: mal76.troj.evad.linELF@0/0@0/0

Data Obfuscation
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Sample is packed with UPX
Source: initial sample String containing UPX found: $Info: This file is packed with the UPX executable packer http://upx.sf.net $
Source: initial sample String containing UPX found: $Info: This file is packed with the UPX executable packer http://upx.sf.net $
Source: initial sample String containing UPX found: $Id: UPX 3.94 Copyright (C) 1996-2017 the UPX Team. All Rights Reserved. $
ELF contains segments with high entropy indicating compressed/encrypted content
Source: boatnet.arm5.elf Submission file: segment LOAD with 7.9422 entropy (max. 8.0)
Uses the "uname" system call to query kernel version information (possible evasion)
Source: /tmp/boatnet.arm5.elf (PID: 6215) Queries kernel information via 'uname': Jump to behavior
Source: boatnet.arm5.elf, 6215.1.00007ffdab490000.00007ffdab4b1000.rw-.sdmp Binary or memory string: 8x86_64/usr/bin/qemu-arm/tmp/boatnet.arm5.elfSUDO_USER=saturninoPATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/snap/binDISPLAY=:1.0XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1000/gdm/XauthoritySUDO_UID=1000TERM=xterm-256colorCOLORTERM=truecolorLOGNAME=rootUSER=rootLANG=en_US.UTF-8SUDO_COMMAND=/bin/bashHOME=/rootMAIL=/var/mail/rootSUDO_GID=1000SHELL=/bin/bash/tmp/boatnet.arm5.elf
Source: boatnet.arm5.elf, 6215.1.00005610ed46c000.00005610ed5fa000.rw-.sdmp Binary or memory string: /etc/qemu-binfmt/arm
Source: boatnet.arm5.elf, 6215.1.00007ffdab490000.00007ffdab4b1000.rw-.sdmp Binary or memory string: /usr/bin/qemu-arm
Source: boatnet.arm5.elf, 6215.1.00005610ed46c000.00005610ed5fa000.rw-.sdmp Binary or memory string: V!/etc/qemu-binfmt/arm

Stealing of Sensitive Information
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Yara detected Mirai
Source: Yara match File source: 6215.1.00007f60d8017000.00007f60d802a000.r-x.sdmp, type: MEMORY
Source: Yara match File source: Process Memory Space: boatnet.arm5.elf PID: 6215, type: MEMORYSTR

Remote Access Functionality
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Yara detected Mirai
Source: Yara match File source: 6215.1.00007f60d8017000.00007f60d802a000.r-x.sdmp, type: MEMORY
Source: Yara match File source: Process Memory Space: boatnet.arm5.elf PID: 6215, type: MEMORYSTR

No Screenshots

  • No. of IPs < 25%
  • 25% < No. of IPs < 50%
  • 50% < No. of IPs < 75%
  • 75% < No. of IPs

Contacted Public IPs

IP Domain Country Flag ASN ASN Name Malicious
109.202.202.202
 unknown Switzerland
13030 INIT7CH false
91.189.91.43
 unknown United Kingdom
41231 CANONICAL-ASGB false
91.189.91.42
 unknown United Kingdom
41231 CANONICAL-ASGB false