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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 16 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 165e9ae4a6cb930e7560a3e88063642a1e5c356cbd6be7d6545ab1d50f7c1a0b
SHA3-384 hash: 91e6baaabae21f1c87a8876cbc7fbda089035ae14d52411ac27a9580490db914ab71e44dff7116dfb651bdf215e99e43
SHA1 hash: 032f03b456269a2f1209c33ff52dd636d24e9c32
MD5 hash: e85137beb2e1635cc1342029ce40df1d
humanhash: single-whiskey-yankee-arizona
File name:SecuriteInfo.com.Linux.Mirai.9768.3253.7547
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:70'416 bytes
First seen:2025-12-17 01:38:55 UTC
Last seen:2025-12-17 02:22:42 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:mOhjXtM7ayXRulHeEqPZTSNLdCMeuxJ3jw0hGsQ4:mkXO7ayUJeEmZTSldleuxFEQGsQ
TLSH T110633BC8E4C3F9F0DC150A3D707AAB725A77E53B6139ED9FD7A85966A801342D4023AC
telfhash t1661129fb1a6d4deca3d49c42c09f6d503e5aa73b15a032571623483822bfd4650bbe39
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 SecuriteInfoCom
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
43
Origin country :
FR FR
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Kills processes
Sends data to a server
Receives data from a server
Runs as daemon
Opens a port
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
exploit gafgyt mirai obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-12-16T17:42:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-18T15:13:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.dx
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=225c9a86-1900-0000-da53-422585140000 pid=5253 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=b2039d89-1900-0000-da53-422586140000 pid=5254 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=225c9a86-1900-0000-da53-422585140000 pid=5253->guuid=b2039d89-1900-0000-da53-422586140000 pid=5254 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=b2039d89-1900-0000-da53-422586140000 pid=5254->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=1a66ed89-1900-0000-da53-422587140000 pid=5255 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=b2039d89-1900-0000-da53-422586140000 pid=5254->guuid=1a66ed89-1900-0000-da53-422587140000 pid=5255 clone guuid=8084f189-1900-0000-da53-422588140000 pid=5256 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data zombie guuid=b2039d89-1900-0000-da53-422586140000 pid=5254->guuid=8084f189-1900-0000-da53-422588140000 pid=5256 clone guuid=8084f189-1900-0000-da53-422588140000 pid=5256->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con 78e3738d-7262-5540-8dc6-5596f84d4d72 91.92.243.68:63645 guuid=8084f189-1900-0000-da53-422588140000 pid=5256->78e3738d-7262-5540-8dc6-5596f84d4d72 send: 9B guuid=dd1efe89-1900-0000-da53-422589140000 pid=5257 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=8084f189-1900-0000-da53-422588140000 pid=5256->guuid=dd1efe89-1900-0000-da53-422589140000 pid=5257 clone guuid=e3fc018a-1900-0000-da53-42258a140000 pid=5258 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=8084f189-1900-0000-da53-422588140000 pid=5256->guuid=e3fc018a-1900-0000-da53-42258a140000 pid=5258 clone guuid=0c2b068a-1900-0000-da53-42258b140000 pid=5259 /tmp/sample.bin net net-scan send-data guuid=8084f189-1900-0000-da53-422588140000 pid=5256->guuid=0c2b068a-1900-0000-da53-42258b140000 pid=5259 clone guuid=0c2b068a-1900-0000-da53-42258b140000 pid=5259->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con 8876dc73-6af0-5357-a3b3-6f38d19ea29f 147.47.97.110:23 guuid=0c2b068a-1900-0000-da53-42258b140000 pid=5259->8876dc73-6af0-5357-a3b3-6f38d19ea29f send: 40B bfd3f10d-623e-59b8-9221-e564e8b52d6c 194.16.161.115:23 guuid=0c2b068a-1900-0000-da53-42258b140000 pid=5259->bfd3f10d-623e-59b8-9221-e564e8b52d6c send: 40B guuid=0c2b068a-1900-0000-da53-42258b140000 pid=5259|send-data send-data to 4097 IP addresses review logs to see them all guuid=0c2b068a-1900-0000-da53-42258b140000 pid=5259->guuid=0c2b068a-1900-0000-da53-42258b140000 pid=5259|send-data send
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-17 01:29:04 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
27 of 38 (71.05%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai credential_access defense_evasion discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads process memory
Enumerates running processes
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (24006) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
katana.chernobyl.network
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan mirai Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7135937-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Mirai_fa3ad9d0 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d Linux_Trojan_Mirai_93fc3657 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_804f8e7c Linux_Trojan_Mirai_99d78950 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_575f5bc8 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_a68e498c Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f Linux_Trojan_Mirai_ae9d0fa6 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
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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_mirai_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects elf.mirai.
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_575f5bc8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_804f8e7c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_93fc3657
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_99d78950
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_a68e498c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_ae9d0fa6
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_fa3ad9d0
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_Oct19
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious single byte XORed keyword 'Mozilla/5.0' - it uses yara's XOR modifier and therefore cannot print the XOR key. You can use the CyberChef recipe linked in the reference field to brute force the used key.
Reference:https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=XOR_Brute_Force()
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_RID2DB4
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:Internal Research

File information


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

Web download

Mirai

elf 165e9ae4a6cb930e7560a3e88063642a1e5c356cbd6be7d6545ab1d50f7c1a0b

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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