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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 274c944a3fb5fa52fce567d2d10b330838c9584762e8f4ccfc09a2b6d54b12d6
SHA3-384 hash: 6e2ab4ea8471435234e96b5c0ba629b225bcbcd2df224d6776eb87d9f6da16309ad8b46aa6b6de559d6948e8dfe266c1
SHA1 hash: 53bec35bc43d23135e878e9128d697f74369e528
MD5 hash: 795c0f145f5b733b39e758bae7de9a12
humanhash: nebraska-fourteen-helium-robin
File name:putita.arm6
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:55'788 bytes
First seen:2026-08-05 19:10:54 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 768:F3ufMePGdkQ/nOyJP+c5/2858MC0lxXPmsU9mXrpSo07/HiZdDfS/P3U03wfTS:hufMeudkt+H5/286SxX++g7/HSdO+fTS
TLSH T1FB43F1B263898E40C4BA1676E42501A1CB5D7FD2E6483D7EB831C19C77D34BE3EB5582
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) :55'788 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :124'340 bytes
Format:linux/arm
Unpacked file: 4a40b533934722243cf816a07bf4b41f747b1a1438adcefc0e5cfc0da529e8af

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
91
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Launching a process
Creates or modifies symbolic links
Creating a file
Connection attempt
Sets a written file as executable
Changes access rights for a written file
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Runs as daemon
Opens a port
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
4
Number of processes launched:
4
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-05T17:13:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-05T19:13:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=68fb81a2-1c00-0000-ec37-29e4650b0000 pid=2917 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=2cc862a4-1c00-0000-ec37-29e46d0b0000 pid=2925 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=68fb81a2-1c00-0000-ec37-29e4650b0000 pid=2917->guuid=2cc862a4-1c00-0000-ec37-29e46d0b0000 pid=2925 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
88 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Modifies the '.bashrc' or '.bash_profile' file typically for persisting actions
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Protects files from modification
Sample deletes itself
Sample is packed with UPX
Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1952958 Sample: putita.arm6.elf Startdate: 05/08/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 88 49 64.89.163.215, 666 NETIFACE-TORONTO-NetifaceAmericaIncUS Germany 2->49 53 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->53 55 Sample is packed with UPX 2->55 9 putita.arm6.elf 2->9         started        signatures3 process4 file5 41 /usr/lib/kworker-helper, ELF 9->41 dropped 43 /root/.bashrc, ASCII 9->43 dropped 45 /etc/systemd/system/kworker-helper.service, ASCII 9->45 dropped 47 3 other malicious files 9->47 dropped 63 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 9->63 65 Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile 9->65 67 Drops files in suspicious directories 9->67 69 3 other signatures 9->69 13 putita.arm6.elf sh 9->13         started        15 putita.arm6.elf sh 9->15         started        17 putita.arm6.elf chattr 9->17         started        20 6 other processes 9->20 signatures6 process7 signatures8 22 sh crontab 13->22         started        26 sh 13->26         started        28 sh crontab 15->28         started        51 Protects files from modification 17->51 30 putita.arm6.elf 20->30         started        32 putita.arm6.elf 20->32         started        34 putita.arm6.elf 20->34         started        process9 file10 39 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.MXkE57, ASCII 22->39 dropped 59 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 22->59 61 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 22->61 36 sh crontab 26->36         started        signatures11 process12 signatures13 57 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 36->57
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-05 19:11:26 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (SO)
AV detection:
14 of 38 (36.84%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Modifies Bash startup script
UPX packed file
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Deletes itself
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:elf_arm_mips_ko_so
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:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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Mirai

elf 274c944a3fb5fa52fce567d2d10b330838c9584762e8f4ccfc09a2b6d54b12d6

(this sample)

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