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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 16b3ccfa72a715e61d92f9bc904b0c1d5ff8b9613e6961a16bba1c79198c15cb
SHA3-384 hash: ab1ebfe84a3ce7fd02620bd379a699746d84b31abb49781e7b8df2fe1d651105853af0affb246ec8c64124f71d2dab17
SHA1 hash: b065f1eeadfaf5f575f7674034e146ae6c45d1e1
MD5 hash: 645e89ca68d46d562bb48b749f1da2c6
humanhash: quebec-ack-uranus-zulu
File name:xd.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:88'336 bytes
First seen:2026-02-01 21:50:35 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:Em3N2qK0YBEio6jMhDwYfMcQPueTEPzA5D3/J92:Ei0qujMiCUD6
TLSH T10C83A34A6F604FFBF89FDC374AE92B05249D541A60997F79B930D818F24A21F19E3870
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 upx-dec


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abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 6518689838fca79e956248a6ca485980c41669af85e8b7dc97b57e8fb23b09cf
File size (compressed) :31'984 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :88'336 bytes
Format:linux/mipsel
Packed file: 6518689838fca79e956248a6ca485980c41669af85e8b7dc97b57e8fb23b09cf

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
59
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
botnet masquerade mirai obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
7
Number of processes launched:
1
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=5c2dcb9c-1e00-0000-f254-a2c5130b0000 pid=2835 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=187f549f-1e00-0000-f254-a2c51a0b0000 pid=2842 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=5c2dcb9c-1e00-0000-f254-a2c5130b0000 pid=2835->guuid=187f549f-1e00-0000-f254-a2c51a0b0000 pid=2842 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
80 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1861316 Sample: xd.mpsl.elf Startdate: 01/02/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 80 26 156.238.223.104, 23 XHOSTSERVERUS Seychelles 2->26 28 205.147.211.26 WINDSTREAMUS United States 2->28 30 98 other IPs or domains 2->30 32 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->32 34 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->34 36 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->36 38 Yara detected Mirai 2->38 8 xd.mpsl.elf 2->8         started        10 dash rm 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 process5 14 xd.mpsl.elf 8->14         started        16 xd.mpsl.elf 8->16         started        18 xd.mpsl.elf 8->18         started        process6 20 xd.mpsl.elf 14->20         started        22 xd.mpsl.elf 14->22         started        24 xd.mpsl.elf 14->24         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-01 21:51:42 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
25 of 36 (69.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:lzrd defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Reads system network configuration
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (20381) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:Linux_Mirai_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF malware Mirai related
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2_RID2F3A
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects ELF malware Mirai related
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Mirai_Botnet_Malware
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Mirai_Botnet_Malware_RID2EF6
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
Reference:Internal Research
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
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 16b3ccfa72a715e61d92f9bc904b0c1d5ff8b9613e6961a16bba1c79198c15cb

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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