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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 40ea2c60a032c208d5d24402ca8ce698f8e5021c50481ecac9d37e87ba900219
SHA3-384 hash: 57f3f5db872820fdf9b7dc5a8e2edcb1abce4f06b476fa078c99b1964e17f5251719422212202f862310bc47918ec82d
SHA1 hash: af2fbe0772f0c8d976312549df72518fefceb658
MD5 hash: 7bccda2ef387be31e7cd8e2beb5ebd01
humanhash: sad-lima-south-spring
File name:bin.mipsel
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:305'584 bytes
First seen:2026-08-14 09:07:19 UTC
Last seen:2026-08-14 16:55:10 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:tr8nUqqlQzmhMfC9oS/Zmt7Miq03ZTC7QKpUoCGtte6jiRnGcLA3J:eHt7MspyQ4jt9jkLo
TLSH T1C154D60A7B518FB7D46FDD3306F98B0128CCB45335652B7A3670E65CB62A58B0AD38B4
Magika elf
Reporter BlinkzSec
Tags:mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
82
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
DNS request
Sets a written file as executable
Creating a file
Sends data to a server
Receives data from a server
Runs as daemon
Manages services
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Kills processes
Mounts file systems
Opens a port
Connection attempt
Launching a process
Changes access rights for a written file
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-14T06:26:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-14T13:08:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=08607aa0-1a00-0000-2c5d-4f58d3080000 pid=2259 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=ff63dca7-1a00-0000-2c5d-4f58df080000 pid=2271 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=08607aa0-1a00-0000-2c5d-4f58d3080000 pid=2259->guuid=ff63dca7-1a00-0000-2c5d-4f58df080000 pid=2271 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-14 09:07:09 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
20 of 38 (52.63%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies systemd
Write file to user bin folder
File and Directory Permissions Modification
Deletes Audit logs
Deletes itself
Deletes journal logs
Modifies Watchdog functionality
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CVE_2017_17215
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2017-17215
Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:Linux_Exploit_CVE_2017_17215_8b78a857
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Exploit code used in the ZeroBot malware
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
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 40ea2c60a032c208d5d24402ca8ce698f8e5021c50481ecac9d37e87ba900219

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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