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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 06e493fdb91aeead44733c9383dc693cc5521b0cd59b492ff769d618bc3d5f46
SHA3-384 hash: 6c457893e797d8a111e5373d63fbc4c590e06892a155b38e00af95b96221b1e5d3c4c132761c5f97771f4c767e3f082a
SHA1 hash: 3f8e1852fd7bee715988d12a726204978fe7a67c
MD5 hash: d3950b9df873b8233cb0cc4c07eec87a
humanhash: juliet-montana-oscar-six
File name:life.mips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:118'704 bytes
First seen:2026-01-21 12:30:44 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 1536:trITbKufCylt8UtFVX+5XZUHvEMteRGDcp0CK3MED2PLiZCmDPP5vrUXe:trqjbtFVXmXZUHMzxrE1CmD5jke
TLSH T1C0C30A567750DF62C32DC23009F3C752ABEA26D226D29549B26DDA0C2E7174D682FFE0
telfhash t130110048e83e48142db202e4c8986614da4b4e163ca56b319fa8c159cab511e9226fbf
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
25
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc masquerade mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
9
Number of processes launched:
5
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Persistence
Process Renaming
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=d49b8689-1b00-0000-7396-f0f6370b0000 pid=2871 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=39687d8d-1b00-0000-7396-f0f6450b0000 pid=2885 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=d49b8689-1b00-0000-7396-f0f6370b0000 pid=2871->guuid=39687d8d-1b00-0000-7396-f0f6450b0000 pid=2885 execve guuid=87dcc08e-1b00-0000-7396-f0f6490b0000 pid=2889 /usr/bin/dash guuid=39687d8d-1b00-0000-7396-f0f6450b0000 pid=2885->guuid=87dcc08e-1b00-0000-7396-f0f6490b0000 pid=2889 clone guuid=9d1ade8e-1b00-0000-7396-f0f64a0b0000 pid=2890 /usr/bin/dash guuid=39687d8d-1b00-0000-7396-f0f6450b0000 pid=2885->guuid=9d1ade8e-1b00-0000-7396-f0f64a0b0000 pid=2890 clone
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
60 / 100
Signature
Contains symbols with names commonly found in malware
Drops files in suspicious directories
Drops invisible ELF files
Protects files from modification
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1854838 Sample: life.mips.elf Startdate: 21/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 60 30 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->30 32 15.204.230.147, 4456 HP-INTERNET-ASUS United States 2->32 34 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->34 36 Contains symbols with names commonly found in malware 2->36 8 life.mips.elf 2->8         started        12 python3.8 dpkg 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 file5 28 /etc/rc.local, ASCII 8->28 dropped 44 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 8->44 14 life.mips.elf sh 8->14         started        16 life.mips.elf .sshd 8->16         started        signatures6 process7 process8 18 sh cp 14->18         started        22 sh chattr 14->22         started        24 sh chmod 14->24         started        file9 26 /usr/bin/.sshd, ELF 18->26 dropped 38 Drops invisible ELF files 18->38 40 Drops files in suspicious directories 18->40 42 Protects files from modification 22->42 signatures10
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-21 12:14:47 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (SO)
AV detection:
2 of 36 (5.56%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery persistence
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Modifies rc script
Write file to user bin folder
File and Directory Permissions Modification
Executes dropped EXE
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:elf_arm_mips_ko_so
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 06e493fdb91aeead44733c9383dc693cc5521b0cd59b492ff769d618bc3d5f46

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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