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1 CVE Mallory has correlated with this family across public research and vendor advisories. Each row links to the full Mallory page for that vulnerability.
When a user opened the attached PDF file, the following message is displayed. It exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Flash, CVE-2011-0611 embedded in the PDF and installs Elirks malware on the system. | Elirks, less widely known than PlugX, is a basic backdoor Trojan, first discovered in 2010, that is primarily used to steal information from compromised systems.
1 distinct threat actor attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.
Elirks, less widely known than PlugX, is a basic backdoor Trojan, first discovered in 2010, that is primarily used to steal information from compromised systems.
10 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.
one of the unique features of Elirks is that it retrieves a command and control (C2) address from a public-facing blog service.
178 indicators attributed across vendor reports, sandbox runs, and researcher write-ups. Full values are available in Mallory.
IPs, domains, and DNS infrastructure linked to this family.
File hashes (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256) from samples and reports.
2 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
Initial-stage malware used in the MILE TEA campaign to establish a foothold, collect system information, and download additional malware. It retrieves C2 addresses from public blog pages and decrypts them using Base64 and TEA; the report also notes TEA-with-XOR code similarities with Micrass.
A basic backdoor trojan primarily used to steal information from compromised systems. It can retrieve its C2 address from pre-determined microblog or SNS services, where attackers post encoded IP addresses or domain names before distributing the malware. In the described campaigns, it was delivered via spear-phishing attachments and installed through exploitation of Adobe Flash vulnerability CVE-2011-0611 embedded in malicious PDFs.
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Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.
CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.
Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.