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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 1a5a9c16ffb10732468c63adce73c8d97117a701b17646bd6b18c868ccf3911d
SHA3-384 hash: 211e92b67bf672cc7fe8debe9ee7f3b3ab54b57c858a138632e9f08f08a22f552870e03416581a45d323025582b37159
SHA1 hash: 4e42ec28bfa7b38dea3f9b6312dff2acf9971298
MD5 hash: 81481c6021e66ba88893311b8d294d36
humanhash: pluto-oscar-yankee-hydrogen
File name:sh4
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:124'428 bytes
First seen:2026-01-21 22:35:07 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:Eo6ZpEKYxvrHyMQ5+xe53L1X3hJKz9EqTMaz6:E7ZWNHUlLlhEHMaz6
TLSH T13BC3BE36C428BED4C0914534B4B5AD361B71B2C442531EBB2EE9C5B91087EB4FA0AFF6
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 :
99
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
a c2 socket address and a scan socket address
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
mirai
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-01-21T14:47:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-21T17:17:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=0619f00f-1a00-0000-2d93-191a8d090000 pid=2445 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=ca4ca413-1a00-0000-2d93-191a98090000 pid=2456 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=0619f00f-1a00-0000-2d93-191a8d090000 pid=2445->guuid=ca4ca413-1a00-0000-2d93-191a98090000 pid=2456 execve
Result
Threat name:
Mirai, Moobot
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
Yara detected Moobot
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1855316 Sample: sh4.elf Startdate: 22/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 80 30 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->30 32 94.156.152.67, 1999, 34904, 34906 NET1-ASBG Bulgaria 2->32 34 4 other IPs or domains 2->34 36 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->36 38 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->38 40 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->40 42 2 other signatures 2->42 8 sh4.elf 2->8         started        10 python3.8 dpkg 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 dash rm 2->14         started        signatures3 process4 process5 16 sh4.elf 8->16         started        18 sh4.elf 8->18         started        20 sh4.elf 8->20         started        22 sh4.elf 8->22         started        process6 24 sh4.elf 16->24         started        26 sh4.elf 16->26         started        28 sh4.elf 16->28         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-21 18:40:14 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 36 (47.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai linux
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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:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 1a5a9c16ffb10732468c63adce73c8d97117a701b17646bd6b18c868ccf3911d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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