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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 097772ee4c7cfb4bc8ad540fed1a59477d2a43fa066fd3f5e73a7ed50fa002b7
SHA3-384 hash: face77dbd779a9803efb87411168fbbe5317822b796d15e3741a7ca5a8007f981a55ec7d462bf19a97936b4bd52fdd76
SHA1 hash: 402d2131b02f3cc1246f3fe483f8f5ea62600fb4
MD5 hash: 267ecb9d8421e48d8fa26d7c39e7f1c7
humanhash: illinois-sweet-october-juliet
File name:mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:277'960 bytes
First seen:2026-08-29 17:06:01 UTC
Last seen:2026-08-29 22:49:58 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:t/J6H0HbpWih7pKE7CNa8TWyuqpK95YGT30GZ7VAPu1EssMZc/T03ImIys61X1hC:Fx7CY8TPuY+5YiZpAsEssMOgh5o0B
TLSH T16F44C609AFA21EF7D86BCD3B46E91A0625CC641722A53B35753CD528BF0A50F4AE3C74
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 :
3
# of downloads :
82
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Opens a port
Launching a process
Sets a written file as executable
Sends data to a server
Creates directories in a temporary directory
Runs as daemon
Kills processes
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Connection attempt
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Deleting a recently created file
Creates directories in a subdirectory of a temporary directory
Receives data from a server
Removes directories from a subdirectory of a temporary directory
Collects information on the OS
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Deleting of the original file
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-29T15:16:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-30T21:52:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=55b62151-1800-0000-7ab3-d5afbd0a0000 pid=2749 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=854c0b54-1800-0000-7ab3-d5afc80a0000 pid=2760 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=55b62151-1800-0000-7ab3-d5afbd0a0000 pid=2749->guuid=854c0b54-1800-0000-7ab3-d5afc80a0000 pid=2760 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-29 17:06:27 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 24 (62.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
File and Directory Permissions Modification
Deletes itself
Executes dropped EXE
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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:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Rootkit_Generic_61229bdf
Author:Elastic Security
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 097772ee4c7cfb4bc8ad540fed1a59477d2a43fa066fd3f5e73a7ed50fa002b7

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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