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Mirai


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 12 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 40af1925155706182ec2018796144f27643810d8781097be356cd62dc177c889
SHA3-384 hash: fea1fb3364369d7ca9db52c18e6dbf782afa7988676d09639414860c7afb81e2383b29757f66bcb68008e60fac5db040
SHA1 hash: c71b1d632f1b2517786b4667727e12246637fbc0
MD5 hash: 4f1fbd53fcc53f26fc90a1d24cd4c09d
humanhash: mobile-magnesium-stream-golf
File name:x86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
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File size:96'588 bytes
First seen:2025-12-02 17:23:59 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:e+kBWnrR3hBjPQ4A/F4Dco41nCHnqIuuCK6SlZ38/Mm:exWnFxBjI4c0coqnCHqIFTPkMm
TLSH T171935BC5FA43E0F6E85705B65037BB328732E539502ADA42D7A9ED32EC52A01D61B39C
telfhash t15651e3fa2ebe09e9b3c0a804c30e9ea21969d637196032b541b36dd533f7d5190bac35
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 Hailbot mirai

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
32
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Sanesecurity.Malware.29524.LC.UNOFFICIAL
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Sanesecurity.Malware.31076.LX.BOT.UNOFFICIAL
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SecuriteInfo.com.Linux.Siggen.9999-1.UNOFFICIAL
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Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7355719-0
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Unix.Trojan.Mirai-9441505-0
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Unix.Dropper.Mirai-9977145-0
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Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
mirai
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/692f20c990f0b576868a76f5/reports/42dee3a1-7ed9-4bc2-bb3c-a4c548f4ced5/overview
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-11-30T21:42:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-30T23:17:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Exploit.Linux.CVE-2017-17215.a HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.hj HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.gen
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/40af1925155706182ec2018796144f27643810d8781097be356cd62dc177c889/results?tab=lookup
Malware family:
Mirai
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/4207e204-2034-43ce-ab75-8a25be032f2e
Result
Threat name:
Mirai
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1824705
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sends malformed DNS queries
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1824705 Sample: x86.elf Startdate: 02/12/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 25 mirai.48101.online. [malformed] 2->25 27 ihatemylife.racist.black. [malformed] 2->27 29 103 other IPs or domains 2->29 33 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->33 35 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->35 37 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->37 41 3 other signatures 2->41 8 x86.elf 2->8         started        10 dash rm 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 python3.8 dpkg 2->14         started        signatures3 39 Sends malformed DNS queries 27->39 process4 process5 16 x86.elf 8->16         started        19 x86.elf 8->19         started        21 x86.elf 8->21         started        signatures6 31 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 16->31 23 x86.elf 19->23         started        process7
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/40af1925155706182ec2018796144f27643810d8781097be356cd62dc177c889
Detection:
mirai
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Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/40af1925155706182ec2018796144f27643810d8781097be356cd62dc177c889/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.HAILBOT
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/40af1925155706182ec2018796144f27643810d8781097be356cd62dc177c889
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-01 03:31:20 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
25 of 36 (69.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=icxrsjivk4dbqlwcagdzmfcpe5sdqegypaijpprvntlc3qlxzceq._file
Result
Malware family:
hailbot
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:hailbot discovery linux
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/251202-vy21esvpfx/
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Renames itself
Contacts a large (66669) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
botnet mirai trojan Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7355719-0
YARA:
MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d Linux_Trojan_Mirai_5f7b67b8 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/ad77dc42-1042-47ba-acc5-dabe99ab2172
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YARA Signatures

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Rule name:ach_202412_elf_hailbot
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Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects HailBot ELF files
Rule name:CVE_2017_17215
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Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2017-17215
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
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Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
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Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_5f7b67b8
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1
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Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF Mirai variant
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:unixredflags3
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information

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Web download

Mirai

elf 40af1925155706182ec2018796144f27643810d8781097be356cd62dc177c889

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3723480/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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