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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 123eb73f884daa56ecea7272acdd1e232ab34ab95e2ccab12f71b7cede2715f6
SHA3-384 hash: 9560215f58ace63255872bc06897512eca55bafdb67379624e2943f772f1941fcc9205df1eda68e1abeb1f62a84a2503
SHA1 hash: a621afbefea6da952a38cb64f34f63a242ed2ee0
MD5 hash: 402b15d4ab99a0cda98525fc78f10353
humanhash: nitrogen-florida-india-eleven
File name:mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:147'756 bytes
First seen:2026-09-24 22:35:20 UTC
Last seen:2026-09-25 06:44:04 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:+4Bwn7Fkn3PUP88oqukSoqHHRAxhvTyV7NnYf9Qi5pkkAFgBA77:e83M88oqdSoqHxA7YRirZQgBW7
TLSH T177E313CCA0C6BAB8EDAC84BEE0CE3649CD61E5CE624BCB585321D956740542C7D5D3F8
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai UPX
File size (compressed) :147'756 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :367'416 bytes
Format:linux/mipsel
Unpacked file: d6ba217e79a2638215ef012a9cee184fe14f48387ad4050e600a45705ef8c33e

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
54
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Deletes a file
Launching a process
Manages services
Runs as daemon
Changes access rights for a written file
Opens a port
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Connection attempt
Creating a file
Creates directories
Mounts file systems
Sets a written file as executable
Sends data to a server
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed upx
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=21c6011a-1d00-0000-41e8-fc3113080000 pid=2067 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=2f43381e-1d00-0000-41e8-fc3117080000 pid=2071 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=21c6011a-1d00-0000-41e8-fc3113080000 pid=2067->guuid=2f43381e-1d00-0000-41e8-fc3117080000 pid=2071 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample is packed with UPX
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Writes ELF files to hidden directories
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1977956 Sample: mpsl.elf Startdate: 25/09/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 176 217.60.103.135, 35342, 54914, 54916 HOSTSNAP-NETWORK-HostSNAPLLCUS Switzerland 2->176 178 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->178 180 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->180 182 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->182 184 2 other signatures 2->184 14 mpsl.elf 2->14         started        16 systemd sysd 2->16         started        18 systemd sysd 2->18         started        20 67 other processes 2->20 signatures3 process4 process5 22 mpsl.elf 14->22         started        24 sysd 16->24         started        26 sysd 18->26         started        28 sysd 20->28         started        30 sysd 20->30         started        32 sysd 20->32         started        34 8 other processes 20->34 process6 36 mpsl.elf 22->36         started        38 sysd 24->38         started        40 sysd 26->40         started        42 sysd 28->42         started        44 sysd 30->44         started        46 sysd 32->46         started        48 sysd 34->48         started        50 sysd 34->50         started        52 6 other processes 34->52 process7 54 mpsl.elf 36->54         started        58 sysd 38->58         started        60 sysd 40->60         started        62 sysd 42->62         started        64 sysd 44->64         started        66 sysd 46->66         started        68 sysd 48->68         started        70 sysd 50->70         started        72 6 other processes 52->72 file8 168 /etc/rc.local, POSIX 54->168 dropped 170 /etc/init.d/system-service, POSIX 54->170 dropped 186 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 54->186 188 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 54->188 190 Writes ELF files to hidden directories 54->190 194 2 other signatures 54->194 74 10 other processes 54->74 192 Sample deletes itself 58->192 77 7 other processes 58->77 79 7 other processes 60->79 81 7 other processes 62->81 83 7 other processes 64->83 85 7 other processes 66->85 87 7 other processes 68->87 89 7 other processes 70->89 172 /var/tmp/.cache/sysd, ELF 72->172 dropped 91 42 other processes 72->91 signatures9 process10 signatures11 93 7 other processes 74->93 97 4 other processes 77->97 196 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 79->196 99 4 other processes 79->99 101 4 other processes 81->101 103 4 other processes 83->103 105 4 other processes 85->105 107 4 other processes 87->107 109 4 other processes 89->109 111 24 other processes 91->111 process12 file13 174 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.DrMFmV, ASCII 93->174 dropped 198 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 93->198 200 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 93->200 127 2 other processes 93->127 113 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 97->113         started        115 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 99->115         started        117 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 101->117         started        119 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 103->119         started        121 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 105->121         started        123 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 107->123         started        125 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 109->125         started        202 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 111->202 130 6 other processes 111->130 signatures14 process15 signatures16 132 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 113->132         started        134 2 other processes 113->134 136 3 other processes 115->136 138 3 other processes 117->138 140 3 other processes 119->140 142 3 other processes 121->142 144 3 other processes 123->144 146 3 other processes 125->146 204 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 127->204 148 18 other processes 130->148 process17 process18 150 update-rc.d systemctl 132->150         started        152 update-rc.d systemctl 134->152         started        154 2 other processes 136->154 156 2 other processes 138->156 158 2 other processes 140->158 160 2 other processes 142->160 162 2 other processes 144->162 164 2 other processes 146->164 166 12 other processes 148->166
Threat name:
Linux.Exploit.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-09-24 22:36:27 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
4 of 36 (11.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
credential_access defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation upx
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Modifies Bash startup script
Reads process memory
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Modifies the /etc/hosts DNS resolution file
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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_DVR_Botnet_Hama_UPX
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects packed and unpacked ELF IoT/DVR botnet variants targeting UPX compression structures and uncompressed code
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
Reference:Internal Research
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:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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

Web download

Mirai

elf 123eb73f884daa56ecea7272acdd1e232ab34ab95e2ccab12f71b7cede2715f6

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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