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Mirai


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 42ed010dcffebc2bb8510564f160f6bf11cf8b505382d4ee58fd4576e06046a4
SHA3-384 hash: afe207ae6ee84b84a76d42472b65559719a58591fe5d2315707f6b277e8550e28fdb714ec7fa3116b0c7c070d5bcdd4b
SHA1 hash: 8a2ee6f744a9e06e9cf2291e845da02e5e6432b2
MD5 hash: cbb9226c9ba34f1bb063b3fe781d8c0e
humanhash: angel-friend-video-white
File name:kvariant.x86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:67'376 bytes
First seen:2025-09-09 05:54:46 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:XFjpQ2Oqg3gzKL87DQs8TOqtlCvEAkz5Rown0kTFui1jQ1b2YbRg4X4mcEEK/qMB:P7EW4gEAkdP0k5ui1Mgu4P4qM8dau
TLSH T139635C13644082FCC4D5D5B84BAFA52AD933F47D1376F21A63D4BA263E4DF603B4A289
telfhash t106218b713a662ed0a1fbfe767306e22456202f6110e230e2a97254f7ee623811cf6437
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 :
1
# of downloads :
35
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
lolbin masquerade obfuscated remote threat
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
9
Number of processes launched:
18
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
37215,23
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2025-09-09T00:13:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-09-09T00:13:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Exploit.Linux.CVE-2017-17215.a HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.ge
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Connects to many IPs within the same subnet mask (likely port scanning)
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Drops invisible ELF files
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Reads system files that contain records of logged in users
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1773707 Sample: kvariant.x86.elf Startdate: 09/09/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 84 156.234.199.242 XIAOZHIYUN1-AS-APICIDCNETWORKUS Seychelles 2->84 86 156.234.199.249 XIAOZHIYUN1-AS-APICIDCNETWORKUS Seychelles 2->86 88 99 other IPs or domains 2->88 94 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->94 96 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->96 98 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->98 100 4 other signatures 2->100 14 kvariant.x86.elf 2->14         started        16 xfce4-session xfce4-panel 2->16         started        18 xfce4-session xfce4-panel 2->18         started        20 10 other processes 2->20 signatures3 process4 signatures5 23 kvariant.x86.elf 14->23         started        25 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 16->25         started        35 11 other processes 16->35 27 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 18->27         started        37 11 other processes 18->37 102 Reads system files that contain records of logged in users 20->102 29 accounts-daemon language-validate 20->29         started        31 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 20->31         started        33 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 20->33         started        39 27 other processes 20->39 process6 process7 41 kvariant.x86.elf 23->41         started        43 wrapper-2.0 xfpm-power-backlight-helper 25->43         started        45 language-validate language-options 29->45         started        process8 47 kvariant.x86.elf 41->47         started        51 kvariant.x86.elf 41->51         started        53 kvariant.x86.elf 41->53         started        57 2 other processes 41->57 55 language-options sh 45->55         started        file9 82 /tmp/.k, ELF 47->82 dropped 90 Drops invisible ELF files 47->90 59 kvariant.x86.elf .k 47->59         started        92 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 51->92 61 kvariant.x86.elf 53->61         started        63 sh locale 55->63         started        65 sh grep 55->65         started        signatures10 process11 process12 67 .k 59->67         started        process13 69 .k 67->69         started        process14 71 .k 69->71         started        74 .k 69->74         started        76 .k 69->76         started        78 2 other processes 69->78 signatures15 104 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 71->104 80 .k 74->80         started        process16
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-09-09 04:37:00 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
25 of 38 (65.79%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
credential_access discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads process memory
Enumerates running processes
Executes dropped EXE
Contacts a large (216230) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan gafgyt Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7640640-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9e9530a7 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_807911a2 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d4227dbf Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d996d335 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_620087b9 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_0cd591cd Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_33b4111a Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a33a8363
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' 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:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_0cd591cd
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_33b4111a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_620087b9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_807911a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9e9530a7
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a33a8363
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d4227dbf
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d996d335
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 42ed010dcffebc2bb8510564f160f6bf11cf8b505382d4ee58fd4576e06046a4

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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