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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 18 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 12389289c4ca25508a58e514edc7efb8cabf10aec0caf8b4bdb5d84f4dc751ce
SHA3-384 hash: 8112712f1776736dd9ebfb4ab30e7e8e83f6110f1f284576355a81278d0b046ec19356b02adaff0ed224b823df4268c2
SHA1 hash: 4e99100f908058202b445150629f00dd4a2564a5
MD5 hash: 430430ccfa5beb81ea66c5f880ac80e1
humanhash: florida-hot-mississippi-mike
File name:bot.x86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:460'944 bytes
First seen:2026-08-30 03:43:29 UTC
Last seen:2026-08-30 14:53:05 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:/ea0rMgfiMsSKb+DYQk4HP8/2sCa9Sc+:/30rMgfitSIr4HPs2Yw
TLSH T1E3A43B88E3F3D2FAE1549E702215792B6C714A363077F686F39EB93352A724045EDA34
telfhash t1fa9178b22b7d8ced6be0a602d35f65629e1aab3315d431f240f2641626b7d425f70c39
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 :
2
# of downloads :
75
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Sets a written file as executable
Creates or modifies symbolic links
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Manages services
Creates directories
DNS request
Kills processes
Changes access rights for a written file
Creating a file
Opens a port
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Launching a process
Runs as daemon
Sends data to a server
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system directory
Traces processes
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64 expand lolbin masquerade mirai obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-30T01:28:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-30T02:52:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=2956c4f7-1a00-0000-dc93-febc2a0c0000 pid=3114 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=438873fc-1a00-0000-dc93-febc2b0c0000 pid=3115 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=2956c4f7-1a00-0000-dc93-febc2a0c0000 pid=3114->guuid=438873fc-1a00-0000-dc93-febc2b0c0000 pid=3115 execve guuid=edaa00fe-1a00-0000-dc93-febc2d0c0000 pid=3117 /tmp/sample.bin net write-file zombie guuid=438873fc-1a00-0000-dc93-febc2b0c0000 pid=3115->guuid=edaa00fe-1a00-0000-dc93-febc2d0c0000 pid=3117 clone 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=edaa00fe-1a00-0000-dc93-febc2d0c0000 pid=3117->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data write-config write-file guuid=edaa00fe-1a00-0000-dc93-febc2d0c0000 pid=3117->guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121 clone guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 send: 315B b8ca5fab-0886-5b18-b216-a928723bb6f6 31.56.209.8:6767 guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121->b8ca5fab-0886-5b18-b216-a928723bb6f6 send: 6B guuid=150df200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc330c0000 pid=3123 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121->guuid=150df200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc330c0000 pid=3123 clone guuid=b2330801-1b00-0000-dc93-febc340c0000 pid=3124 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121->guuid=b2330801-1b00-0000-dc93-febc340c0000 pid=3124 clone guuid=a4d60d56-1c00-0000-dc93-febcb90d0000 pid=3513 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121->guuid=a4d60d56-1c00-0000-dc93-febcb90d0000 pid=3513 execve guuid=72b8be91-1c00-0000-dc93-febc2d0e0000 pid=3629 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121->guuid=72b8be91-1c00-0000-dc93-febc2d0e0000 pid=3629 execve guuid=541291d7-1c00-0000-dc93-febc9e0e0000 pid=3742 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121->guuid=541291d7-1c00-0000-dc93-febc9e0e0000 pid=3742 execve guuid=70f26013-1d00-0000-dc93-febc490f0000 pid=3913 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121->guuid=70f26013-1d00-0000-dc93-febc490f0000 pid=3913 execve guuid=f351754f-1d00-0000-dc93-febc22100000 pid=4130 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121->guuid=f351754f-1d00-0000-dc93-febc22100000 pid=4130 clone guuid=bbf0278b-1d00-0000-dc93-febcdc100000 pid=4316 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121->guuid=bbf0278b-1d00-0000-dc93-febcdc100000 pid=4316 clone guuid=78bbd2c6-1d00-0000-dc93-febc91110000 pid=4497 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121->guuid=78bbd2c6-1d00-0000-dc93-febc91110000 pid=4497 clone guuid=58f77e02-1e00-0000-dc93-febc1a120000 pid=4634 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121->guuid=58f77e02-1e00-0000-dc93-febc1a120000 pid=4634 clone guuid=12a5363e-1e00-0000-dc93-febcc7120000 pid=4807 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121->guuid=12a5363e-1e00-0000-dc93-febcc7120000 pid=4807 clone guuid=9d66e279-1e00-0000-dc93-febc69130000 pid=4969 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121->guuid=9d66e279-1e00-0000-dc93-febc69130000 pid=4969 clone guuid=0585017a-1e00-0000-dc93-febc6b130000 pid=4971 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121->guuid=0585017a-1e00-0000-dc93-febc6b130000 pid=4971 clone guuid=f8c5b2c3-1e00-0000-dc93-febcf7130000 pid=5111 /etc/init.d/network-dispatch guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121->guuid=f8c5b2c3-1e00-0000-dc93-febcf7130000 pid=5111 execve guuid=3a416005-1f00-0000-dc93-febc03140000 pid=5123 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121->guuid=3a416005-1f00-0000-dc93-febc03140000 pid=5123 clone guuid=1fecd643-1f00-0000-dc93-febc04140000 pid=5124 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121->guuid=1fecd643-1f00-0000-dc93-febc04140000 pid=5124 clone guuid=9d9afd43-1f00-0000-dc93-febc06140000 pid=5126 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6d24e200-1b00-0000-dc93-febc310c0000 pid=3121->guuid=9d9afd43-1f00-0000-dc93-febc06140000 pid=5126 clone guuid=142ae543-1f00-0000-dc93-febc05140000 pid=5125 /tmp/sample.bin dns net send-data guuid=1fecd643-1f00-0000-dc93-febc04140000 pid=5124->guuid=142ae543-1f00-0000-dc93-febc05140000 pid=5125 clone 4f6baed0-9587-596c-82b3-fd721afe4cc1 10.0.2.3:53 guuid=142ae543-1f00-0000-dc93-febc05140000 pid=5125->4f6baed0-9587-596c-82b3-fd721afe4cc1 send: 360B
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-30 03:44:28 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 38 (44.74%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery execution linux persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to shm directory
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Creates a desktop entry file
Modifies Bash startup script
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Deletes log files
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Write file to user bin folder
Writes file to system bin folder
Executes dropped EXE
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Traces itself
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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: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:EXPL_HKTL_LNX_DirtyFragShellcode_May26
Author:Pezier Pierre-Henri (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a shellcode observed in dirtyfrag, a local privilege escalation exploit for Linux.
Reference:https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag/tree/master
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:linux_generic_irc_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:Find new ELF IRC samples
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_5bf62ce4
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_ae9d0fa6
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
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 12389289c4ca25508a58e514edc7efb8cabf10aec0caf8b4bdb5d84f4dc751ce

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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