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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 17 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 20473aec55bb5121d3fdaa88fd9348fb783c1e649fbdd1f672ec5ffd3e21a9ad
SHA3-384 hash: fa442625a561cc95cb8931d6c3623dfdb4b0c6b27c4cc87089c3b3f6cfe331cd3b99f4d5da334bc53fb4ff7e102cdab3
SHA1 hash: a8a9b2c0c0801f1168cf7a2ed9b1db1e66a2b039
MD5 hash: 1b8174ec628488ce744ff6f21eb0c706
humanhash: dakota-speaker-eight-coffee
File name:20473aec55bb5121d3fdaa88fd9348fb783c1e649fbdd1f672ec5ffd3e21a9ad
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:913'572 bytes
First seen:2026-10-21 20:44:05 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 24576:yaajO06GT8iO5o/228CrTpQc3lRhp1vT1:ykiO52jlRhpP
TLSH T1E5153B55F8809F62C6D0257AFA5F82A8331347B5C3EB720699198B343BD792F4B3B641
telfhash t1bc11a8354b60552a4781cd00d8de6363212cca6a9a0dbebbe9704a0c22010fed92bc8f
Magika elf
Reporter c2hunter
Tags:elf gafgyt mirai wraith

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
84
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Launching a process
Creating a file
Changes access rights for a file
Opens a port
Runs as daemon
Sets a written file as executable
Manages services
Receives data from a server
Changes access rights for a written file
Connection attempt
Sends data to a server
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Kills critical processes
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc mirai rust
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-10-21T18:54:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-22T03:05:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=9a161d34-1700-0000-7c5d-16fbba090000 pid=2490 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=a7d94f37-1700-0000-7c5d-16fbc6090000 pid=2502 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=9a161d34-1700-0000-7c5d-16fbba090000 pid=2490->guuid=a7d94f37-1700-0000-7c5d-16fbc6090000 pid=2502 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-21 20:44:25 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:
credential_access defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to shm directory
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Modifies Bash startup script
Reads process memory
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
File and Directory Permissions Modification
Contacts a large (74822) 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:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
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:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:ldpreload
Author:xorseed
Reference:https://stuff.rop.io/
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:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0bce98a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_449937aa
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:LIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_0daebbb8
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (elf, etat binaire)
Rule name:malwareelf55503
Rule name:MAL_ARM_LNX_Mirai_Mar13_2022
Author:Mehmet Ali Kerimoglu a.k.a. CYB3RMX
Description:Detects new ARM Mirai variant
Rule name:MIRAI_OHSHIT_payload
Author:AfterPacket
Description:MIRAI_OHSHIT ELF payload -- compiled-in C2 set, all architectures
Reference:https://github.com/Afterpacket/drosera-threat-intel
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
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


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