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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 49c4bc242404d529d96800ffdf0ddb279d7b1849c60be1291cd141bcd3bcb899
SHA3-384 hash: 3655e444a83306e3a88016145f555e1a392e998906c90eb2d5d5bc11fe9637c5dccc30ae63fcd3986666d90f35fb3a48
SHA1 hash: 063cfb5791f9192140cc2dd1ab360c7062e04c06
MD5 hash: 142ed4afd00aea096d817f841e7be94e
humanhash: sixteen-hydrogen-potato-low
File name:kowai.ppc
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:70'920 bytes
First seen:2025-06-19 14:13:17 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:N8/WwifrkW1yyhTrcXFXSi4/dDpvUIbXYrw2DD:ThT0W/7UIbIrD
TLSH T12D635C0272280A47D5930AB4353F1FD193BEEAD021E4B6886A5FDF5A4675E372486FCC
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
71
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sends data to a server
Opens a port
DNS request
Connection attempt
Receives data from a server
Runs as daemon
Substitutes an application name
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
mirai obfuscated opendir opendir
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=c4001d8c-1a00-0000-1a3a-a7cf1a0c0000 pid=3098 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=bc1afa8d-1a00-0000-1a3a-a7cf1f0c0000 pid=3103 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=c4001d8c-1a00-0000-1a3a-a7cf1a0c0000 pid=3098->guuid=bc1afa8d-1a00-0000-1a3a-a7cf1f0c0000 pid=3103 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
88 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1718651 Sample: kowai.ppc.elf Startdate: 19/06/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 88 20 kowai.crimson.rip 2->20 22 185.10.130.115 YARNET-ASRU Russian Federation 2->22 24 99 other IPs or domains 2->24 26 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->26 28 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->28 30 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->30 32 3 other signatures 2->32 8 kowai.ppc.elf 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 process5 10 kowai.ppc.elf 8->10         started        process6 12 kowai.ppc.elf 10->12         started        14 kowai.ppc.elf 10->14         started        16 kowai.ppc.elf 10->16         started        18 kowai.ppc.elf 10->18         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-06-19 14:14:31 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
25 of 38 (65.79%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:sora linux
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan gafgyt Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7135890-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8 Linux_Gafgyt_May_2024
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:botnet_Yakuza
Author:NDA0E
Description:Yakuza botnet
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_Generic_Threat_1ac392ca
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8
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 49c4bc242404d529d96800ffdf0ddb279d7b1849c60be1291cd141bcd3bcb899

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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