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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 2041c7cd9bb82f27e85f3f0ed3a69f07ee702a9f09b5a5005fb70e53893694bf
SHA3-384 hash: 31b20a62d24ea0c42d1cd5c491a54831e78d64f9fb0c548a6bdafe9df0b36185ae79d60c757f5e00438b41135c82e774
SHA1 hash: fb2bdfab2caede276b4f9ef504f4890bd3dc1055
MD5 hash: 4b2037be98e30778ff7863e6705dba56
humanhash: equal-johnny-delta-carolina
File name:pope.arm6
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:297'728 bytes
First seen:2026-08-06 18:16:37 UTC
Last seen:2026-08-07 05:29:35 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:bs00bE9dwh7KQYO+E/AJJIPxRvGA/wRd3Sr9an3/JCHUhRg8yzEy:Y04qwh7KQYO+E/ALIPxRvGuwRS9anhCp
TLSH T1A2542965ED41EA15C2C116B9FE9E418C33036FF8D2EBB113DD247FA4368A56F0E2A146
telfhash t157d027110559cdf1d375695502ad6107784d580f7b3138d1d43c756e4f2e5d595d7104
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 :
3
# of downloads :
82
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc masquerade rust
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-04T05:35:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-07T17:14:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=a5b79a75-1d00-0000-a79b-ea4b040a0000 pid=2564 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=caebd278-1d00-0000-a79b-ea4b0f0a0000 pid=2575 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=a5b79a75-1d00-0000-a79b-ea4b040a0000 pid=2564->guuid=caebd278-1d00-0000-a79b-ea4b0f0a0000 pid=2575 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1953622 Sample: pope.arm6.elf Startdate: 06/08/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 72 5.204.247.80 YETTEL-HUYettelHungaryLtdHU Hungary 2->72 74 67.111.185.246 XO-AS15-VerizonBusinessUS United States 2->74 76 100 other IPs or domains 2->76 78 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->78 80 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->80 82 Yara detected Mirai 2->82 84 Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports 2->84 12 pope.arm6.elf 2->12         started        14 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->14         started        16 systemd true 2->16         started        18 8 other processes 2->18 signatures3 process4 process5 20 pope.arm6.elf pope.arm6.elf 12->20         started        file6 64 /etc/init.d/x11-common.sl~, POSIX 20->64 dropped 66 /etc/init.d/whoopsie.sl~, a 20->66 dropped 68 /etc/init.d/uuidd.sl~, POSIX 20->68 dropped 70 53 other malicious files 20->70 dropped 88 Drops files in suspicious directories 20->88 90 Sample deletes itself 20->90 92 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 20->92 24 pope.arm6.elf sh 20->24         started        26 pope.arm6.elf sh 20->26         started        28 pope.arm6.elf sh 20->28         started        30 10 other processes 20->30 signatures7 process8 process9 32 sh systemctl 24->32         started        34 sh systemctl 24->34         started        36 sh iptables 26->36         started        39 sh systemctl 28->39         started        41 sh systemctl 28->41         started        43 sh systemctl 30->43         started        45 sh systemctl 30->45         started        47 sh systemctl 30->47         started        49 5 other processes 30->49 signatures10 51 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 32->51         started        86 Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules 36->86 process11 process12 53 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 51->53         started        56 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 51->56         started        58 systemd-sysv-install getopt 51->58         started        signatures13 94 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 53->94 60 update-rc.d systemctl 53->60         started        62 update-rc.d systemctl 56->62         started        process14
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-04 08:40:18 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
20 of 38 (52.63%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
antivm defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Reads system network configuration
Modifies Bash startup script
Checks files specific to OpenVZ
Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Reads hardware information
Write file to user bin folder
Deletes itself
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (172666) 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


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Rule name:CVE_2017_17215
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2017-17215
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_Exploit_CVE_2017_17215_8b78a857
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Exploit code used in the ZeroBot malware
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
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 2041c7cd9bb82f27e85f3f0ed3a69f07ee702a9f09b5a5005fb70e53893694bf

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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