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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 2a501c783f0b71ae32f4f66de4f1f39ab7e6c1adf6c45c0fed3a2149ed83e274
SHA3-384 hash: 454b77d7a53daf923d8f04d3c8e61cb5de0e221210f9a14cae14a4ac3b22843e04bcbb2a72699939fa9b5d2d8196d585
SHA1 hash: a16e3fb5db86e39015592890a5e31b69d6c0255a
MD5 hash: c5e3d013a7d9e7495f66793d3d715da7
humanhash: william-carolina-helium-five
File name:morte.x86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:57'112 bytes
First seen:2025-11-22 22:42:56 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:ocsPzc5C28HSBQ5qIORueOmAuh6DeJEspnouy8Hye:ocx5V8HStru8BUeqQoutV
TLSH T19243F225EBF48736F0B9303649A9AC090C30C60E25B7A5A1D8C4129D9FF1B1E167FE67
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 UPX
File size (compressed) :57'112 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :154'152 bytes
Format:linux/i386
Unpacked file: 95a174a46be479869c331d7711b8848447451910c1e8b744fb46fc1f91cd2cee

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
42
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Runs as daemon
Kills processes
Opens a port
Changes access rights for a written file
Launching a process
Changes access rights for a file
Sets a written file as executable
Creating a file
Connection attempt
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gafgyt masquerade mirai obfuscated packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-11-22T19:50:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-24T00:32:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Exploit.Linux.CVE-2014-8361.a HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.bl HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.bj HEUR:Exploit.Linux.DLink.a HEUR:Exploit.Linux.CVE-2018-10561.a HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.ii HEUR:Exploit.Linux.Mvpower.a HEUR:Exploit.Linux.DLink.b HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.r HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.cn HEUR:Exploit.Linux.Netgear.a HEUR:Exploit.Linux.Vacron.a HEUR:Exploit.Linux.Netgear.b HEUR:Exploit.Linux.CVE-2017-17215.a
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=525b730d-1900-0000-a96c-dc0764090000 pid=2404 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=0dcaf20f-1900-0000-a96c-dc0767090000 pid=2407 /tmp/sample.bin net write-config write-file guuid=525b730d-1900-0000-a96c-dc0764090000 pid=2404->guuid=0dcaf20f-1900-0000-a96c-dc0767090000 pid=2407 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=0dcaf20f-1900-0000-a96c-dc0767090000 pid=2407->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=3f010511-1900-0000-a96c-dc076c090000 pid=2412 /usr/bin/dash guuid=0dcaf20f-1900-0000-a96c-dc0767090000 pid=2407->guuid=3f010511-1900-0000-a96c-dc076c090000 pid=2412 execve guuid=d2e37111-1900-0000-a96c-dc076e090000 pid=2414 /usr/bin/dash guuid=0dcaf20f-1900-0000-a96c-dc0767090000 pid=2407->guuid=d2e37111-1900-0000-a96c-dc076e090000 pid=2414 execve guuid=3979ac11-1900-0000-a96c-dc0770090000 pid=2416 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=0dcaf20f-1900-0000-a96c-dc0767090000 pid=2407->guuid=3979ac11-1900-0000-a96c-dc0770090000 pid=2416 clone guuid=e63fb411-1900-0000-a96c-dc0772090000 pid=2418 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=0dcaf20f-1900-0000-a96c-dc0767090000 pid=2407->guuid=e63fb411-1900-0000-a96c-dc0772090000 pid=2418 clone guuid=3925b411-1900-0000-a96c-dc0771090000 pid=2417 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=3979ac11-1900-0000-a96c-dc0770090000 pid=2416->guuid=3925b411-1900-0000-a96c-dc0771090000 pid=2417 clone guuid=f8b1cd11-1900-0000-a96c-dc0774090000 pid=2420 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=e63fb411-1900-0000-a96c-dc0772090000 pid=2418->guuid=f8b1cd11-1900-0000-a96c-dc0774090000 pid=2420 clone guuid=dec9e611-1900-0000-a96c-dc0775090000 pid=2421 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=f8b1cd11-1900-0000-a96c-dc0774090000 pid=2420->guuid=dec9e611-1900-0000-a96c-dc0775090000 pid=2421 clone
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
92 / 100
Signature
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is packed with UPX
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1819223 Sample: morte.x86.elf Startdate: 22/11/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 92 31 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->31 33 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->33 35 Yara detected Gafgyt 2->35 37 2 other signatures 2->37 8 morte.x86.elf 2->8         started        process3 file4 29 /usr/local/bin/infinitd, ELF 8->29 dropped 11 morte.x86.elf 8->11         started        13 morte.x86.elf sh 8->13         started        15 morte.x86.elf sh 8->15         started        17 morte.x86.elf 8->17         started        process5 process6 19 morte.x86.elf 11->19         started        21 sh 13->21         started        23 sh 15->23         started        25 morte.x86.elf 17->25         started        process7 27 morte.x86.elf 19->27         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-22 22:43:17 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
21 of 38 (55.26%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet discovery linux persistence privilege_escalation upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
UPX packed file
Enumerates running processes
Modifies systemd
Write file to user bin folder
Mirai
Mirai family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
teamc2.duckdns.org
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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 2a501c783f0b71ae32f4f66de4f1f39ab7e6c1adf6c45c0fed3a2149ed83e274

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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