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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 2bcb0a400467c22dd359e30fcae2697685738cc5d98280b69fecdc476ba07dc5
SHA3-384 hash: 889a0c87be28c56763318de1d999aea0d9ec999c0791f3a89e252bb906ba48ff9769cbed16c3b208dd629391a77c3faf
SHA1 hash: 2c6527b212604a32604487025e109bf238fa00c8
MD5 hash: dc768cdb38ffd4c46f7b1094cb995237
humanhash: chicken-fruit-spring-nine
File name:mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:210'684 bytes
First seen:2025-09-01 14:29:45 UTC
Last seen:2025-09-02 05:06:07 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:bhiUPsbju88EEeMyw6joSxH6G3Lyh32Ug:bhiUEbjujeMytjoVMq2U
TLSH T16E24D81AAB610FFBDCAFCD3706E9070525CC950722A53B363674D528F54AA4B4AE3C78
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 Hailbot mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
80
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Opens a port
Sends data to a server
Creating a file
Receives data from a server
Connection attempt
DNS request
Runs as daemon
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
mirai threat
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
7
Number of processes launched:
2
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:
2025-08-31T13:17:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-08-31T13:17:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Exploit.Linux.CVE-2017-17215.a HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.hj HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.gen
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=f0dea9e6-1a00-0000-f79c-31661f0b0000 pid=2847 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=3b976be8-1a00-0000-f79c-3166240b0000 pid=2852 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=f0dea9e6-1a00-0000-f79c-31661f0b0000 pid=2847->guuid=3b976be8-1a00-0000-f79c-3166240b0000 pid=2852 execve guuid=90d54ce9-1a00-0000-f79c-3166280b0000 pid=2856 /usr/bin/dash guuid=3b976be8-1a00-0000-f79c-3166240b0000 pid=2852->guuid=90d54ce9-1a00-0000-f79c-3166280b0000 pid=2856 clone
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Performs DNS queries to domains with low reputation
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1769005 Sample: mpsl.elf Startdate: 01/09/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 30 mdw7.xyz 2->30 32 156.158.98.52 airtel-tz-asTZ Tanzania United Republic of 2->32 34 99 other IPs or domains 2->34 36 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->36 38 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->38 40 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->40 44 3 other signatures 2->44 9 mpsl.elf 2->9         started        11 python3.8 dpkg 2->11         started        signatures3 42 Performs DNS queries to domains with low reputation 30->42 process4 process5 13 mpsl.elf 9->13         started        16 mpsl.elf 9->16         started        18 mpsl.elf 9->18         started        20 mpsl.elf 9->20         started        signatures6 46 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 13->46 22 mpsl.elf 13->22         started        24 mpsl.elf 13->24         started        26 mpsl.elf 16->26         started        process7 process8 28 mpsl.elf 22->28         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-08-31 19:23:35 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 36 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Renames itself
Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
Contacts a large (65638) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7355719-0
YARA:
n/a
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:ach_202412_elf_hailbot
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects HailBot ELF files
Rule name:CP_AllMal_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication
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:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 2bcb0a400467c22dd359e30fcae2697685738cc5d98280b69fecdc476ba07dc5

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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