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Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 121ab6dff6c5a123daf34a82fc08dfe40320f0ce1643584e0f2caa85185622ab
SHA3-384 hash: 3e0797693e25482ad8e187723fc9436796a3fe1587884b3d356b2986f421c38a5a996bc5788380e1923563fd1005862c
SHA1 hash: 4d4b61454ff5840ef247e3bed8db71b17bbde1f7
MD5 hash: c73575a9641c687b96cf237f267bdea2
humanhash: spaghetti-cup-hot-snake
File name:sh4
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Signature Mirai
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File size:129'700 bytes
First seen:2025-12-02 17:23:55 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:J3MRLuA0avQDWztHKMrjKtIWx2l2/TdBEi:J6uA0aoDWzt5uRx28pBEi
TLSH T145C35AB3CC3A6E58D624D1B4B471AF792753A951814B2FBE2977C2B48043D8DF9063B8
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 Hailbot mirai

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
55
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Sanesecurity.Malware.29524.LC.UNOFFICIAL
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Sanesecurity.Malware.31076.LX.BOT.UNOFFICIAL
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SecuriteInfo.com.Linux.Siggen.9999-1.UNOFFICIAL
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Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7136288-0
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Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7355719-0
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Unix.Trojan.Mirai-9441505-0
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Unix.Dropper.Mirai-9977145-0
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Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
expand lolbin mirai
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/692f20c4fc7092bc613959ff/reports/e56bf0ec-4413-48ec-9940-e591058c8a68/overview
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-11-30T21:42:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-02T11:44:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Exploit.Linux.CVE-2017-17215.a HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.hj HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.gen
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/121ab6dff6c5a123daf34a82fc08dfe40320f0ce1643584e0f2caa85185622ab/results?tab=lookup
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/39aa33fd-ed45-43bf-be4f-17076bc7e4d2
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1824708
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sends malformed DNS queries
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1824708 Sample: sh4.elf Startdate: 02/12/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 28 mirai.48101.online. [malformed] 2->28 30 ihatemylife.racist.black. [malformed] 2->30 32 103 other IPs or domains 2->32 34 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->34 36 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->36 38 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->38 42 4 other signatures 2->42 9 sh4.elf 2->9         started        11 python3.8 dpkg 2->11         started        signatures3 40 Sends malformed DNS queries 30->40 process4 process5 13 sh4.elf 9->13         started        16 sh4.elf 9->16         started        18 sh4.elf 9->18         started        signatures6 44 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 13->44 20 sh4.elf 13->20         started        22 sh4.elf 13->22         started        24 sh4.elf 16->24         started        process7 process8 26 sh4.elf 20->26         started       
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/121ab6dff6c5a123daf34a82fc08dfe40320f0ce1643584e0f2caa85185622ab
Detection:
mirai
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Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/121ab6dff6c5a123daf34a82fc08dfe40320f0ce1643584e0f2caa85185622ab/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.HAILBOT
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/121ab6dff6c5a123daf34a82fc08dfe40320f0ce1643584e0f2caa85185622ab
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-01 03:29:29 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
23 of 36 (63.89%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=cinlnx7wywqshwxtjkbpycg74qbsb4goczbvqtqpfsvikgcwekvq._file
Result
Malware family:
hailbot
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:hailbot linux
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/251202-vyxeyaxpdn/
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
botnet mirai Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7136288-0
YARA:
MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/4c877671-13ce-41f6-8cd8-df279499c581
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:ach_202412_elf_hailbot
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Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects HailBot ELF files
Rule name:CVE_2017_17215
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Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2017-17215
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
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Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
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Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1
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Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF Mirai variant
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:unixredflags3
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information

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Web download

Mirai

elf 121ab6dff6c5a123daf34a82fc08dfe40320f0ce1643584e0f2caa85185622ab

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3723479/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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