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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 196a401f079a767f68ebda1402c152c4d11c58ac488cf91fed09f1adbe470f0a
SHA3-384 hash: 5384c183cb7b67fc6e7964c00b41c6b5a909527d29a0513e41288a6eca9d0662f6b365fbeea3de75649ca72394fbac5f
SHA1 hash: 317d02fbc2eea200636c9ef1f80b9e6b64f354e5
MD5 hash: 1629b2e4a70b6c607804bd9cc2ddb623
humanhash: red-blue-bulldog-fillet
File name:g4
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:79'764 bytes
First seen:2025-01-12 18:31:08 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:DbSnKqsVqg5sjuDTMUN3xYcaHa+nMuizPfKzdBnXgIZgTeg:HKIjNjNjPfKzdBQJT
TLSH T19D730956F9815A42C5D402BB792E569E33076BB8E3DE3313ED241B24778B62F0F27906
telfhash t143c080d1d06502dc7bc107d8144860742b587bff3f0e752bd55c1b0541774c42174d05
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 :
1
# of downloads :
142
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Deleting a recently created file
Launching a process
Manages services
Connection attempt
Collects information on the network activity
Creating a file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Kills processes
Opens a port
Receives data from a server
Sets a written file as executable
Sends data to a server
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
4
Number of processes launched:
0
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Verdict:
UNKNOWN
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
64 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1589543 Sample: g4.elf Startdate: 12/01/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 64 58 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->58 9 g4.elf 2->9         started        13 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 2->13         started        15 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 2->15         started        17 5 other processes 2->17 process3 file4 52 /tmp/crontab.tmp, troff 9->52 dropped 54 /etc/init.d/hello, Bourne-Again 9->54 dropped 60 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 9->60 62 Drops files in suspicious directories 9->62 19 g4.elf sh 9->19         started        21 g4.elf 9->21         started        23 g4.elf sh 9->23         started        25 2 other processes 9->25 signatures5 process6 process7 27 sh crontab 19->27         started        31 g4.elf 21->31         started        33 sh systemctl 23->33         started        35 sh systemctl 25->35         started        37 sh 25->37         started        file8 56 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.ypmMkm, troff 27->56 dropped 64 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 27->64 66 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 27->66 39 g4.elf 31->39         started        41 g4.elf 31->41         started        43 g4.elf 31->43         started        45 g4.elf 31->45         started        signatures9 process10 process11 47 g4.elf 39->47         started        50 g4.elf 41->50         started        signatures12 68 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 47->68
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-01-12 18:32:07 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 38 (39.47%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery execution persistence privilege_escalatio privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Executes dropped EXE
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Trojan.Mirai-9441505-0
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_d2dca9e7
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 196a401f079a767f68ebda1402c152c4d11c58ac488cf91fed09f1adbe470f0a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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