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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 042052c796e569d093f5d6ed758446d241f5b63bf13fc67ad01b45c1ec28e3e4
SHA3-384 hash: 7a7e0899348096067bcc919e4bc9a32ddf6b564e5eeac29628a4df09ccce5ebc588f153e397609414da85e4b93c7cdab
SHA1 hash: 7f0f0028d2bdc801de4f710a144d31651066fc14
MD5 hash: 0105789aaa7e783a722411d2fbc2963f
humanhash: lithium-east-football-mirror
File name:042052c796e569d093f5d6ed758446d241f5b63bf13fc67ad01b45c1ec28e3e4
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:1'112'336 bytes
First seen:2026-10-18 02:19:47 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-18 15:09:12 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 24576:hNqP6a0M1qlDK9GxlPNgU9apz6GftY2o/u60TZWDu2l:B1rlPNgU9af1YtkT6
TLSH T10D358D1AB2B3F6BCC047C0344B9BC6A15531F07569322D7B37C4DA352EA6DE5232AB25
telfhash t18c019e758b30612a5512de44dcdf5322213dc567970efdb7e571854c11050edc61bc9f
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 c2hunter
Tags:elf mirai wraith

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
86
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Opens a port
Manages services
Receives data from a server
Connection attempt
Sends data to a server
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-10-17T23:47:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-19T18:02:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=c3e3134f-1700-0000-d173-a0b6a30d0000 pid=3491 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=6f442751-1700-0000-d173-a0b6ab0d0000 pid=3499 /tmp/sample.bin net write-file guuid=c3e3134f-1700-0000-d173-a0b6a30d0000 pid=3491->guuid=6f442751-1700-0000-d173-a0b6ab0d0000 pid=3499 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=6f442751-1700-0000-d173-a0b6ab0d0000 pid=3499->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=6f442751-1700-0000-d173-a0b6ab0d0000 pid=3502 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6f442751-1700-0000-d173-a0b6ab0d0000 pid=3499->guuid=6f442751-1700-0000-d173-a0b6ab0d0000 pid=3502 clone guuid=69609851-1700-0000-d173-a0b6b00d0000 pid=3504 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data write-config guuid=6f442751-1700-0000-d173-a0b6ab0d0000 pid=3499->guuid=69609851-1700-0000-d173-a0b6b00d0000 pid=3504 clone guuid=69609851-1700-0000-d173-a0b6b00d0000 pid=3504->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con 613eb4e0-4410-5995-bd97-3ec41ca0b7b9 85.215.45.36:80 guuid=69609851-1700-0000-d173-a0b6b00d0000 pid=3504->613eb4e0-4410-5995-bd97-3ec41ca0b7b9 send: 17B guuid=0de00452-1700-0000-d173-a0b6b10d0000 pid=3505 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=69609851-1700-0000-d173-a0b6b00d0000 pid=3504->guuid=0de00452-1700-0000-d173-a0b6b10d0000 pid=3505 execve guuid=f27d0f52-1700-0000-d173-a0b6b20d0000 pid=3506 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=69609851-1700-0000-d173-a0b6b00d0000 pid=3504->guuid=f27d0f52-1700-0000-d173-a0b6b20d0000 pid=3506 clone guuid=b06e4b52-1700-0000-d173-a0b6b60d0000 pid=3510 /tmp/sample.bin net net-scan send-data guuid=69609851-1700-0000-d173-a0b6b00d0000 pid=3504->guuid=b06e4b52-1700-0000-d173-a0b6b60d0000 pid=3510 clone guuid=b06e4b52-1700-0000-d173-a0b6b60d0000 pid=3510|network network activity to 4098 IP addresses review logs to see them all guuid=b06e4b52-1700-0000-d173-a0b6b60d0000 pid=3510->guuid=b06e4b52-1700-0000-d173-a0b6b60d0000 pid=3510|network network
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-18 03:10:49 UTC
AV detection:
14 of 24 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery execution linux persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Modifies Bash startup script
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Contacts a large (76803) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:exploit_any_poppopret
Author:Jeff White [karttoon@gmail.com] @noottrak
Description:Identify POP -> POP -> RET opcodes for quick ROP Gadget creation in target binaries.
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:ldpreload
Author:xorseed
Reference:https://stuff.rop.io/
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0bce98a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_449937aa
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_95e0056c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:malwareelf55503
Rule name:MAL_ARM_LNX_Mirai_Mar13_2022
Author:Mehmet Ali Kerimoglu a.k.a. CYB3RMX
Description:Detects new ARM Mirai variant
Rule name:MIRAI_OHSHIT_payload
Author:AfterPacket
Description:MIRAI_OHSHIT ELF payload -- compiled-in C2 set, all architectures
Reference:https://github.com/Afterpacket/drosera-threat-intel
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf 042052c796e569d093f5d6ed758446d241f5b63bf13fc67ad01b45c1ec28e3e4

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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