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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 20f23f0ff26612b2e652475149de70b647ec617490441fa0d95607ab70b16bc9
SHA3-384 hash: a51d6c34810df5385b4cfc446b3fcc66581b9668891d67381aeda1b40472c1f449bc3abe54a2272991df9dcd91bf37bd
SHA1 hash: 5f1ab573d5bdd7f0ccee370fbb390cd0e0b22d71
MD5 hash: c877e030d49ddb3f521493826169df24
humanhash: summer-whiskey-stream-equal
File name:morte.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:42'292 bytes
First seen:2025-10-16 17:04:20 UTC
Last seen:2025-10-17 10:57:28 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:Tj/H8VpygBGEX7Q8LZ6KrZjvEoKK/LQceZSibpRdVq6tvpl4Wk:PeIAGEX7Q89tCUL2Z1dVqcpY
TLSH T1BB13E22DDAEB3821C94DAEBDB1DA33628F01A8D0332D07CD5B51A44CF52A979F44D4B8
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 UPX
File size (compressed) :42'292 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :113'856 bytes
Format:linux/mipsel
Unpacked file: 7d0d4c51297b40f834982ca19a4237818329a607659d23b641410075336060b3

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
95
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
DNS request
Opens a port
Runs as daemon
Connection attempt
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
botnet masquerade mirai obfuscated packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-10-16T15:13:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-10-17T00:32:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=13c9efe5-1700-0000-ed21-5bd4c10b0000 pid=3009 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=0f348ee7-1700-0000-ed21-5bd4c80b0000 pid=3016 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=13c9efe5-1700-0000-ed21-5bd4c10b0000 pid=3009->guuid=0f348ee7-1700-0000-ed21-5bd4c80b0000 pid=3016 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
64 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is packed with UPX
Uses dynamic DNS services
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1796720 Sample: morte.mpsl.elf Startdate: 16/10/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 64 22 uraniumc2.ddns.net 2->22 24 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->24 26 2 other IPs or domains 2->26 28 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->28 30 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->30 32 Sample is packed with UPX 2->32 8 morte.mpsl.elf 2->8         started        10 python3.8 dpkg 2->10         started        signatures3 34 Uses dynamic DNS services 22->34 process4 process5 12 morte.mpsl.elf 8->12         started        14 morte.mpsl.elf 8->14         started        16 morte.mpsl.elf 8->16         started        process6 18 morte.mpsl.elf 12->18         started        20 morte.mpsl.elf 12->20         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-10-16 17:05:49 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 38 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet defense_evasion discovery upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Enumerates running processes
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Mirai
Mirai family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
uraniumc2.ddns.net
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 20f23f0ff26612b2e652475149de70b647ec617490441fa0d95607ab70b16bc9

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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