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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 18 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 46cef6940a9fb48afb6079c279b443e5e697b79345b843f4d63e49352fbbd3b6
SHA3-384 hash: 723e20155b2e24bdb8f2dddea8be724175a34a758895c1a2a9cac11b58559e84b26ca5a6ac09bf5fb92ece3c9be8a091
SHA1 hash: 1c05a8a90dd09f8d0f30722c4439636b6a221949
MD5 hash: b07015af74562178278373eaad70244c
humanhash: failed-football-carbon-ink
File name:arm5
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:402'976 bytes
First seen:2026-11-08 16:17:35 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:5cZCYvCcWQtikxsybzVteeZcpFB4GwrHmfxqgCa9PDfTkR:J+CcWQtzFUeZmmmJua9PDfYR
TLSH T135841B88A1F0E7DED2D4EA75B31D784D3B230736B1D73146A51DAA3333EB1490AB9921
telfhash t172f02611ee7510ac92f5803221d7d0182d6a7d0407d934e75e14960d9ca6dc178d9d32
Magika elf
Reporter BlinkzSec
Tags:mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
66
Origin country :
AT AT
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Gathering data
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-11-08 04:11:57 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
20 of 38 (52.63%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai antivm botnet credential_access defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to shm directory
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Creates a desktop entry file
Modifies Bash startup script
Reads process memory
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Deletes log files
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Write file to user bin folder
Writes file to system bin folder
Executes dropped EXE
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Traces itself
Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
Malware Family:
Malicious:
True
Tags:
elf arm exploit cve-2026-43284 cve-2020-10987 sets-process-name persistence detect-debug-environment tunneling checks-cpu-name
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Packer_Dropper_Fileless_Armhf
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects obfuscated Linux ELF packers/droppers featuring ChaCha20/RC4 decryption, memfd_create/execveat fileless execution capabilities, and unique binary artifacts.
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:EXPL_HKTL_LNX_DirtyFragShellcode_May26
Author:Pezier Pierre-Henri (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a shellcode observed in dirtyfrag, a local privilege escalation exploit for Linux.
Reference:https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag/tree/master
Rule name:EXPL_LNX_DirtyFrag_ForensicArtefacts_May26
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects DirtyFrag exploit code POC usage in Linux environments
Reference:https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag/tree/master
Rule name:Linux_Exploit_CVE_2020_10987_15e9f5be
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:linux_generic_ipv6_variants_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:Find IPv6 capable malware for a set of IoT variants
Rule name:linux_generic_irc_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:Find new ELF IRC samples
Rule name:MIRAI_OHSHIT_payload
Author:AfterPacket
Description:MIRAI_OHSHIT ELF payload -- compiled-in C2 set, all architectures
Reference:https://github.com/Afterpacket/drosera-threat-intel
Rule name:NSVPS_Hydra_SSH_Bruteforce
Author:sanad (NSVPS-SOC)
Description:Hydra SSH brute-force campaign credentials pattern from NSVPS honeypot
Rule name:NSVPS_Mirai_Busybox_Staging
Author:sanad (NSVPS-SOC)
Description:Mirai-style busybox wget/tftp payload staging seen in NSVPS honeypot
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
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 46cef6940a9fb48afb6079c279b443e5e697b79345b843f4d63e49352fbbd3b6

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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