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You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 492be8058dca4014eb9390b44d5bd39aa2d3fa7733c97daa2baf1b0479d00d3d. While MalwareBazaar tries to identify whether the sample provided is malicious or not, there is no guarantee that a sample in MalwareBazaar is malicious.

Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 13 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 492be8058dca4014eb9390b44d5bd39aa2d3fa7733c97daa2baf1b0479d00d3d
SHA3-384 hash: 08e9dcf1a23b9f99fbd6ced5c413c214237539b7e643edf0a8a650fa113e314fc38ab5d9563cbdcae7af65b56965d911
SHA1 hash: 31809117df1e4d056d2c676a786b4bb0cbfe6911
MD5 hash: abc6cd7dee477a7fb45aae5c626354eb
humanhash: nineteen-alaska-speaker-alanine
File name:mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:367'132 bytes
First seen:2026-09-26 00:29:23 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:aLVKHnZ5Im9Oo5t2kDF1m4syA3s+tsBdQdYU0krT9M9tCvuxDFk1pEyD58oYdmJ:O/mxJ9AcJdQdYU0kwDFimyD58RdmJ
TLSH T192745B89DF691FEBE86FCE710A5D031719DD9C9B82F47B385A7CCC48B19A20545E3828
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt mirai upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 7f6e20ab5e83d08108a437a704a2fa161ebec83ecf541883a62ef2314ead2505
File size (compressed) :147'716 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :367'132 bytes
Format:linux/mipsel
Packed file: 7f6e20ab5e83d08108a437a704a2fa161ebec83ecf541883a62ef2314ead2505

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
87
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Sets a written file as executable
Runs as daemon
Manages services
Opens a port
Connection attempt
Launching a process
Creates directories
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
expand lolbin
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-09-25T22:41:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-25T23:56:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=29690ef6-1c00-0000-005d-e99026080000 pid=2086 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=3393ffff-1c00-0000-005d-e9903c080000 pid=2108 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=29690ef6-1c00-0000-005d-e99026080000 pid=2086->guuid=3393ffff-1c00-0000-005d-e9903c080000 pid=2108 execve
Gathering data
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-26 00:29:41 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
8 of 36 (22.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
credential_access defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Modifies Bash startup script
Reads process memory
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Deletes itself
Modifies the /etc/hosts DNS resolution file
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YARA Signatures


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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_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:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:test_rule_vldslv
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
Rule name:virustotal
Author:Tracel

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf 492be8058dca4014eb9390b44d5bd39aa2d3fa7733c97daa2baf1b0479d00d3d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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