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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 2db99bf2999575fa7ef9fe16bb4d1f601ff59d7c204ea26cba79bef26c76a116
SHA3-384 hash: 36e7f6bc9fd4efc12c3a4df2638c4380a56462036ec843ed9d4ec4af3827a208dbe32bb1e05dc8af34bb13b09f4f8b76
SHA1 hash: 22ca1735a9395a2ab58fe52cd6978f49fc7f43bb
MD5 hash: fc1acf849b86b1680f2015737b2ed389
humanhash: low-undress-papa-carpet
File name:xd.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:88'336 bytes
First seen:2026-01-27 21:36:50 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:Em3N2qK0YBEio6jlhDwYfMcQPueTEPzA5D3/JR2:Ei0qujliCUDi
TLSH T11983A34A6F604FFBF89FDC374AE92B05249D541A60997F79B930D818F24A21F19E3870
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-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 57d0c98ddedb66ce9f12cdffea9e669cf9466ee7ab370680e46a849c21173963
File size (compressed) :31'976 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :88'336 bytes
Format:linux/mipsel
Packed file: 57d0c98ddedb66ce9f12cdffea9e669cf9466ee7ab370680e46a849c21173963

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
92
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade mirai
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:
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:
2026-01-27T19:53:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-28T00:02:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=596fdb9d-1f00-0000-666b-7484520b0000 pid=2898 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=0fa9f8a0-1f00-0000-666b-7484530b0000 pid=2899 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=596fdb9d-1f00-0000-666b-7484520b0000 pid=2898->guuid=0fa9f8a0-1f00-0000-666b-7484530b0000 pid=2899 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
80 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1858624 Sample: xd.mpsl.elf Startdate: 27/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 80 22 45.211.190.221, 23 zain-asGH Ghana 2->22 24 209.125.163.202, 23 WINDSTREAMUS United States 2->24 26 98 other IPs or domains 2->26 28 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->28 30 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->30 32 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->32 34 Yara detected Mirai 2->34 8 xd.mpsl.elf 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 process5 10 xd.mpsl.elf 8->10         started        12 xd.mpsl.elf 8->12         started        14 xd.mpsl.elf 8->14         started        process6 16 xd.mpsl.elf 10->16         started        18 xd.mpsl.elf 10->18         started        20 xd.mpsl.elf 10->20         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-27 21:38:45 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:lzrd defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Reads system network configuration
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (20480) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
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:Linux_Mirai_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF malware Mirai related
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2_RID2F3A
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects ELF malware Mirai related
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Mirai_Botnet_Malware
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Mirai_Botnet_Malware_RID2EF6
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
Reference:Internal Research
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


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

Web download

Mirai

elf 2db99bf2999575fa7ef9fe16bb4d1f601ff59d7c204ea26cba79bef26c76a116

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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