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Database Entry

Mirai

Vendor detections: 7

Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 18 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	040fe79af10373a4a2680b5fbfd439dc7afca68c0bf9bc12144a4e9e33430292
SHA3-384 hash:	efa73a2ba11192eb760ecf5b0c726e0a402bdcbdb73984647afda81f17780854b3e33a27aa8d615670b4cd9cd59ee79a
SHA1 hash:	b84bd0d0e0ea22345994d6826465f1e1f151a45a
MD5 hash:	9f210f6f6531ebd8e51a2ee76efd0471
humanhash:	georgia-bacon-virginia-jupiter
File name:	x86_64
Download:	download sample
Signature	Mirai Create hunting rule
File size:	204'808 bytes
First seen:	2026-08-30 21:37:55 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	elf
MIME type:	application/x-executable
ssdeep	3072:YeNvKdc1t0UXaIV56PS+Jo1JEmSZkN7XP1pBdV3Un5Xlu1EssMZc/T03ImIys612:vJ11t9buJK7P1Y5X2EssMOgh5oF
TLSH	T163145C1378E190FDC9D7C1398B9F901AD932F41B1224B11A779DBE612F4EE30A7AD684
telfhash	t19861ed313a962d5832e7973a734bdad5f836092509e270ea9e739cf1ce4a7c84c63452
TrID	50.1% (.) ELF Executable and Linkable format (Linux) (4022/12) 49.8% (.O) ELF Executable and Linkable format (generic) (4000/1)
Magika	elf
Reporter	abuse_ch
Tags:	elf mirai

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

No detections

Detection(s):

Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7540662-0

Unix.Trojan.Mirai-9441505-0

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Creating a file

Creates directories in a subdirectory of a temporary directory

Deleting a recently created file

Creating a file in the %temp% directory

Collects information on the OS

Removes directories from a subdirectory of a temporary directory

Creating a process from a recently created file

Sets a written file as executable

Locks files

Sends data to a server

Collects information on the CPU

Creates directories in a temporary directory

Kills processes

Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories

Launching a process

Runs as daemon

Receives data from a server

Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified

Connection attempt

DNS request

Collects information on the RAM

Substitutes an application name

Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun

Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun

Deleting of the original file

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

dropper mirai

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6a94a2c6bc100e6ce3e80e6a/reports/a87176b7-9b97-4894-ba2d-f05d0d4e9d8d/overview

Status:

terminated

Link:

https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/3adfd715-5745-47ec-8b5b-6b1307ecf13a

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/4dab22e9-58be-4495-b5e6-54c212d6424d

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

ELF

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/040fe79af10373a4a2680b5fbfd439dc7afca68c0bf9bc12144a4e9e33430292

Detection:

mirai

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/040fe79af10373a4a2680b5fbfd439dc7afca68c0bf9bc12144a4e9e33430292/

Gathering data

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=aqh6pgxranz2jitibnp37vbz3r5pzjumbp43yequjjhj4m2dakja._file

Result

Malware family:

xmrig

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:xmrig antivm defense_evasion discovery execution linux miner persistence privilege_escalation rootkit

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260830-1g5ymszhqb/

Behaviour

Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell

Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration

Reads runtime system information

System Network Configuration Discovery

Writes file to tmp directory

Changes its process name

Checks CPU configuration

Reads CPU attributes

Reads system network configuration

Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)

Creates/modifies Cron job

Enumerates active TCP sockets

Enumerates running processes

Modifies init.d

Reads hardware information

Reads list of loaded kernel modules

File and Directory Permissions Modification

Deletes itself

Executes dropped EXE

Loads a kernel module

Family: xmrig

XMRig Miner payload

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YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	CP_Script_Inject_Detector Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries

Rule name:	ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt Create hunting rule
Author:	4r4
Description:	Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities

Rule name:	ELF_Toriilike_persist Create hunting rule
Author:	4r4
Description:	Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:	Identified via researched data

Rule name:	F01_s1ckrule Create hunting rule
Author:	s1ckb017

Rule name:	linux_generic_ipv6_catcher Create hunting rule
Author:	@_lubiedo
Description:	ELF samples using IPv6 addresses

Rule name:	Linux_Rootkit_Generic_61229bdf Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_0cd591cd Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_33b4111a Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_620087b9 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_807911a2 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9e9530a7 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a33a8363 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d0c57a2e Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d4227dbf Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d996d335 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Linux_Trojan_Mirai_1cb033f3 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE Create hunting rule
Author:	CYFARE
Description:	Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:	https://cyfare.net/

Rule name:	unixredflags3 Create hunting rule
Author:	Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:	Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information

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Web download

Mirai

elf 040fe79af10373a4a2680b5fbfd439dc7afca68c0bf9bc12144a4e9e33430292

(this sample)

URLhaus

https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3904523/

Delivery method

Distributed via web download

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