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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 21d93cd5593cd8e8a33dd7dd8eb4f8fa0f39bda0744339f5ea700d8ecf3023cc
SHA3-384 hash: 99f130d1f90660e09b9e138146f69d1de3fe71f1d5182051ac375219275ecd61598b02a39b1aa4f99b0e8a3d7e259699
SHA1 hash: 56650c3da1738a0698e2c521ad70f23446ca4c5e
MD5 hash: 771814b24e48226f4c616355c1007c37
humanhash: fillet-paris-spaghetti-arkansas
File name:morte.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:42'104 bytes
First seen:2025-11-07 00:47:30 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:TrrkGU0HoCMvQ/K3wZCMtQwjhwdzAWjsZaP2ngpPcXeWeWq:THJUzHI/K3wZ3tXhuGZkAgRcXe/
TLSH T10113F15E786A3DCBCC0C1C7EC4C82572D788F54113A91ADEAB450DC87616E47F5AC4AE
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) :42'104 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :113'848 bytes
Format:linux/mipsel
Unpacked file: 83e69d77f6903476e10358b55754093f81f2891a813b74a863ace81c22169c4d

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
85
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Sends data to a server
Receives data from a server
Runs as daemon
DNS request
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
botnet masquerade mirai obfuscated packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
7
Number of processes launched:
1
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-11-06T23:09:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-07T05:24:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=ea64d3e1-1800-0000-a4b9-805997080000 pid=2199 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=ee5a09e4-1800-0000-a4b9-80599d080000 pid=2205 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=ea64d3e1-1800-0000-a4b9-805997080000 pid=2199->guuid=ee5a09e4-1800-0000-a4b9-80599d080000 pid=2205 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: 1809696 Sample: morte.mpsl.elf Startdate: 07/11/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 64 26 mortex.duckdns.org 2->26 28 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->28 30 3 other IPs or domains 2->30 32 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->32 34 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->34 36 Sample is packed with UPX 2->36 8 morte.mpsl.elf 2->8         started        10 dash rm 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 python3.8 dpkg 2->14         started        signatures3 38 Uses dynamic DNS services 26->38 process4 process5 16 morte.mpsl.elf 8->16         started        18 morte.mpsl.elf 8->18         started        20 morte.mpsl.elf 8->20         started        process6 22 morte.mpsl.elf 16->22         started        24 morte.mpsl.elf 16->24         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-07 01:10:08 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
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:
mortex.duckdns.org
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
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


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf 21d93cd5593cd8e8a33dd7dd8eb4f8fa0f39bda0744339f5ea700d8ecf3023cc

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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