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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 46f66ead0d83052945e8965de7d5e3146785bb01618c2ff2487fa8fe67cde293
SHA3-384 hash: f70e04bf88786a32a52740a87a5b6cccb9f5bb30fe5a004a31f503c5fbcb9568c183069cc219e56c4d0b8b1db7815fdd
SHA1 hash: ea35da42574272b44da5364824ed282e9e2d08fa
MD5 hash: 618620da711377eeb09e10f1f15fc858
humanhash: speaker-oklahoma-item-robert
File name:arm7
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:213'013 bytes
First seen:2026-04-09 22:45:04 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:8L10nvm6UVYyaoaigRYb9lTkmoHVHzpOWM/9+z4nR:8L1IYYyaoaigRYbTFAVdOX/Mz2
TLSH T13F243B46EA408F57C4D227B9BBDF824533339764D3EB63068928AFB43B4769A0E77501
telfhash t1a0311105dc22c62d5a6207ec8fed47b1545ce32696412f224f3d819c9135042e46bee9
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
129
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Deleting a recently created file
Sends data to a server
Launching a process
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Collects information on the network activity
Opens a port
Runs as daemon
Deletes a file
DNS request
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system directory
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
bash expand gafgyt gcc lolbin mirai rust
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-04-09T19:27:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-04-10T09:31:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Exploit.Linux.DLink.c HEUR:Exploit.Linux.CVE-2017-17215.a HEUR:Exploit.Linux.CVE-2014-8361.a HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.gen
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=0a7ec3e5-1700-0000-1c98-dbbd820c0000 pid=3202 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=3bf8a3e7-1700-0000-1c98-dbbd870c0000 pid=3207 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=0a7ec3e5-1700-0000-1c98-dbbd820c0000 pid=3202->guuid=3bf8a3e7-1700-0000-1c98-dbbd870c0000 pid=3207 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
76 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Drops invisible ELF files
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Protects files from modification
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1896273 Sample: arm7.elf Startdate: 10/04/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 76 112 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->112 114 Yara detected Mirai 2->114 9 arm7.elf 2->9         started        11 dash rm 2->11         started        13 dash rm 2->13         started        15 python3.8 dpkg 2->15         started        process3 process4 17 arm7.elf 9->17         started        21 arm7.elf 9->21         started        23 arm7.elf 9->23         started        25 arm7.elf 9->25         started        file5 84 /usr/sbin/.sshd-helper, ELF 17->84 dropped 86 /tmp/.watchdog (deleted), data 17->86 dropped 88 /tmp/.watchdog, ELF 17->88 dropped 116 Drops invisible ELF files 17->116 118 Drops files in suspicious directories 17->118 37 26 other processes 17->37 90 /usr/bin/.systemd-util, ELF 21->90 dropped 27 arm7.elf sh 21->27         started        29 arm7.elf sh 21->29         started        39 24 other processes 21->39 41 26 other processes 23->41 31 arm7.elf sh 25->31         started        33 arm7.elf sh 25->33         started        35 arm7.elf sh 25->35         started        43 23 other processes 25->43 signatures6 process7 process8 45 2 other processes 27->45 49 2 other processes 29->49 51 2 other processes 31->51 53 2 other processes 33->53 55 2 other processes 35->55 57 22 other processes 37->57 59 18 other processes 39->59 61 22 other processes 41->61 63 16 other processes 43->63 file9 92 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.l4oUsI, ASCII 45->92 dropped 65 2 other processes 45->65 94 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.f3b5vf, ASCII 49->94 dropped 68 2 other processes 49->68 96 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.c3FeB3, ASCII 51->96 dropped 70 2 other processes 51->70 98 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.KzKrJf, ASCII 53->98 dropped 72 2 other processes 53->72 100 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.hZWzBs, ASCII 55->100 dropped 74 2 other processes 55->74 104 4 other malicious files 57->104 dropped 76 8 other processes 57->76 106 2 other malicious files 59->106 dropped 78 4 other processes 59->78 108 4 other malicious files 61->108 dropped 80 8 other processes 61->80 102 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.VtjPP4, ASCII 63->102 dropped 120 Protects files from modification 63->120 122 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 63->122 124 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 63->124 82 2 other processes 63->82 signatures10 process11 signatures12 110 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 82->110
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-04-09 22:45:50 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 38 (47.37%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Write file to user bin folder
Writes file to system bin folder
Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
Contacts a large (260657) 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


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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: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:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:iot_req_metachar
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_8299c877
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
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


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Web download

Mirai

elf 46f66ead0d83052945e8965de7d5e3146785bb01618c2ff2487fa8fe67cde293

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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