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Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 13 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 2d499e2cba8f3720aa2e00d9f85463064d5785a63337408c6920c79951ed4ae8
SHA3-384 hash: 6ffd571a09fe59b3deac9ff7c0704201417cd221a098041f6a08913476bf47cf548cbe45bfc285fbd9f545b48d6c1fa9
SHA1 hash: f469408e1eb1b9ee496647032faff0b734266f45
MD5 hash: babedd4bef4ad7030726beed47f0559c
humanhash: white-mountain-washington-arkansas
File name:morte.i686
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:117'128 bytes
First seen:2025-07-07 06:28:34 UTC
Last seen:2025-07-07 22:25:43 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:B/Iag5ZGbqv9rpwO4dOKZvUlwWsn6a9UhruWkK1ARMIc07b2IkZ3zk:BQ029FwO4GqW9jzX1ARxc0uk
TLSH T1A2B349C0FA87C0F5D85748304066F73FCB32E43A9036D65EDF9AAE36DA379419616268
telfhash t1225118faa6be0ce457e05801e24e1f216c49a77b146036a24af3cc64336be4151bad39
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

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
15
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
ransomware shellcode backdoor
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
138
Number of processes launched:
7
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Persistence
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=c454fa4b-1b00-0000-f170-10ed0c0e0000 pid=3596 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=f6eaf84d-1b00-0000-f170-10ed130e0000 pid=3603 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=c454fa4b-1b00-0000-f170-10ed0c0e0000 pid=3596->guuid=f6eaf84d-1b00-0000-f170-10ed130e0000 pid=3603 execve guuid=42fa2d4e-1b00-0000-f170-10ed150e0000 pid=3605 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=f6eaf84d-1b00-0000-f170-10ed130e0000 pid=3603->guuid=42fa2d4e-1b00-0000-f170-10ed150e0000 pid=3605 clone guuid=641f3d4e-1b00-0000-f170-10ed160e0000 pid=3606 /tmp/sample.bin write-config zombie guuid=42fa2d4e-1b00-0000-f170-10ed150e0000 pid=3605->guuid=641f3d4e-1b00-0000-f170-10ed160e0000 pid=3606 clone guuid=c9960c52-1b00-0000-f170-10ed200e0000 pid=3616 /usr/bin/dash guuid=641f3d4e-1b00-0000-f170-10ed160e0000 pid=3606->guuid=c9960c52-1b00-0000-f170-10ed200e0000 pid=3616 execve guuid=94bc7654-1b00-0000-f170-10ed2c0e0000 pid=3628 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=641f3d4e-1b00-0000-f170-10ed160e0000 pid=3606->guuid=94bc7654-1b00-0000-f170-10ed2c0e0000 pid=3628 clone guuid=131c3752-1b00-0000-f170-10ed220e0000 pid=3618 /usr/bin/cp guuid=c9960c52-1b00-0000-f170-10ed200e0000 pid=3616->guuid=131c3752-1b00-0000-f170-10ed220e0000 pid=3618 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=94bc7654-1b00-0000-f170-10ed2c0e0000 pid=3628->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=48e58f54-1b00-0000-f170-10ed2e0e0000 pid=3630 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=94bc7654-1b00-0000-f170-10ed2c0e0000 pid=3628->guuid=48e58f54-1b00-0000-f170-10ed2e0e0000 pid=3630 clone guuid=04209654-1b00-0000-f170-10ed2f0e0000 pid=3631 /tmp/sample.bin delete-file net send-data zombie guuid=94bc7654-1b00-0000-f170-10ed2c0e0000 pid=3628->guuid=04209654-1b00-0000-f170-10ed2f0e0000 pid=3631 clone guuid=04209654-1b00-0000-f170-10ed2f0e0000 pid=3631->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 send: 1170B 310a0ed0-c544-54ca-bf3f-fca55e459297 65.222.202.53:80 guuid=04209654-1b00-0000-f170-10ed2f0e0000 pid=3631->310a0ed0-c544-54ca-bf3f-fca55e459297 send: 4B guuid=79d3ad54-1b00-0000-f170-10ed300e0000 pid=3632 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=04209654-1b00-0000-f170-10ed2f0e0000 pid=3631->guuid=79d3ad54-1b00-0000-f170-10ed300e0000 pid=3632 clone
Result
Threat name:
Mirai, Xmrig
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Drops files in suspicious directories
Drops invisible ELF files
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Yara detected Mirai
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1729843 Sample: morte.i686.elf Startdate: 07/07/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 56 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->56 58 65.222.202.53, 80 CAPEREGIONALHEALTHSYSTEMUS United States 2->58 60 daisy.ubuntu.com 162.213.35.25, 443, 60624 CANONICAL-ASGB United States 2->60 62 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->62 64 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->64 66 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->66 68 3 other signatures 2->68 11 morte.i686.elf 2->11         started        14 gvfsd-fuse fusermount 2->14         started        16 systemd dbus-daemon 2->16         started        18 9 other processes 2->18 signatures3 process4 signatures5 76 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 11->76 20 morte.i686.elf 11->20         started        78 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 14->78 22 sh xkbcomp 18->22         started        24 sh xkbcomp 18->24         started        process6 process7 26 morte.i686.elf 20->26         started        file8 54 /etc/init.d/sysd, POSIX 26->54 dropped 80 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 26->80 82 Drops files in suspicious directories 26->82 84 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 26->84 30 morte.i686.elf sh 26->30         started        32 morte.i686.elf 26->32         started        34 morte.i686.elf 26->34         started        signatures9 process10 process11 36 sh cp 30->36         started        40 morte.i686.elf 32->40         started        42 morte.i686.elf 32->42         started        44 morte.i686.elf 34->44         started        46 morte.i686.elf 34->46         started        file12 52 /usr/bin/.sh, ELF 36->52 dropped 70 Drops invisible ELF files 36->70 72 Drops files in suspicious directories 36->72 74 Sample deletes itself 40->74 48 morte.i686.elf 40->48         started        50 morte.i686.elf 44->50         started        signatures13 process14
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-07-07 06:29:11 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 24 (79.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai discovery linux persistence rootkit
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Write file to user bin folder
Loads a kernel module
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
traxanhc2.duckdns.org
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan mirai Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7100807-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Mirai_268aac0b Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0cb1699c Linux_Trojan_Mirai_70ef58f1 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_485c4b13 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_7d05725e Linux_Trojan_Mirai_2e3f67a9 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0d73971c Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
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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:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0cb1699c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0d73971c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_268aac0b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_2e3f67a9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_485c4b13
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_70ef58f1
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_7d05725e
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_Oct19
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious single byte XORed keyword 'Mozilla/5.0' - it uses yara's XOR modifier and therefore cannot print the XOR key. You can use the CyberChef recipe linked in the reference field to brute force the used key.
Reference:https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=XOR_Brute_Force()
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_RID2DB4
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 2d499e2cba8f3720aa2e00d9f85463064d5785a63337408c6920c79951ed4ae8

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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