ELF/GuardMiner.WOARK!tr

Analysis

ELF/GuardMiner.WOARK!tr is classified as a trojan.
A trojan is a type of malware that performs activites without the user’s knowledge.
Below are some of its observed characteristics/behaviours:

• GuardMiner is a cross-platform mining trojan that was developed to target Linux and Windows operating systems.


• This trojan is used to mine cryptocurrencies by utilizing a user's computing resources while running in the background. The result of the execution of the application may vary from poor system performance and lagging to system instability and high CPU usage.


• This malware is related to the CVE-2022-22954 vulnerability, affecting VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager.


• The malware has been associated with the following third party article/advisory.

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-22954



• Following are some of the exact file hashes associated with this detection:
  
  • Md5: 2d282c09fdb9df557fccb21f8e915622
    Sha256: 4b4c0d3cb708612b1fdb0394e029e507e4c0f6136fc44e415200694624ed5b68
  • Md5: 8c03343112c1372e68da4c08032b292a
    Sha256: f2a6827ea5f60cefc2f6528269b2d1557a7cc1e68f84edca4029e819dd0509cb

Recommended Action

• Make sure that your FortiGate/FortiClient system is using the latest AV database.
• Quarantine/delete files that are detected and replace infected files with clean backup copies.