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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 178eeedbec23875ffdac416728a805c0539e266eb3229ca5ee4dad6a7b2755dd
SHA3-384 hash: 1ed2793374f1a9f37df956568ffd956f697de4d1b7832f49a0f1c8f5dc2d93711bd19918e216bd2a28e12a5c5db5fdbb
SHA1 hash: 19b8c2eac541969f4c819cef1d9dffcff52ff588
MD5 hash: 9dd7884853a6173a9ea05eeaa6404122
humanhash: robin-delta-crazy-pizza
File name:Polar.sh4
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:112'496 bytes
First seen:2026-03-26 03:09:16 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:2AzDUDx7QTYd0O10C5KZRAWBGcvNRMW+ksHEiBO:tDU1QT3O101ZoczMWxsHBO
TLSH T13DB35A72D8666FA8D265D0B0B0B18F792B93D9A0868B5FBE1467C3759043DCCF1493B8
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 gafgyt mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
125
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
a c2 socket address and a scan socket address
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gafgyt masquerade mirai obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-03-26T01:15:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-03-26T02:00:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=2d58d9f7-1700-0000-2fd2-538ffa0a0000 pid=2810 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=6497e3f9-1700-0000-2fd2-538ffc0a0000 pid=2812 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=2d58d9f7-1700-0000-2fd2-538ffa0a0000 pid=2810->guuid=6497e3f9-1700-0000-2fd2-538ffc0a0000 pid=2812 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-03-26 03:10:18 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
13 of 24 (54.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai linux
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
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: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 178eeedbec23875ffdac416728a805c0539e266eb3229ca5ee4dad6a7b2755dd

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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