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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 4e180156d2b0d6c13d57b65999cf45393afdaa1f3181e0aafc26686a4795f9e1
SHA3-384 hash: 41ee187682641901c2e9cc2529684889ac2da29e51da2d0e311abe2125adab3df481f2958f3e64e72aa7cf47e054e6c5
SHA1 hash: c6ad2f0420b393648f826302c33c9f7255a2464c
MD5 hash: 837ecf6e0391656df4a0dc49d13fea32
humanhash: lactose-pip-mexico-batman
File name:4e180156d2b0d6c13d57b65999cf45393afdaa1f3181e0aafc26686a4795f9e1.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:98'000 bytes
First seen:2026-08-19 02:16:03 UTC
Last seen:2026-08-19 10:09:08 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 1536:fYHtiSv99xTgwqyHZsioxSBmx0Xr9HK66UqdE3osjcSfQ8+AhNjB+9OBtbe9rG7p:wHASvAyHZsmZrVKSJot8+AzjBxIy
TLSH T179A312FA1C90EC78E50DE87307DD510BC74547E1B51A98DD2E6CBD6A29CB1288109BEE
Magika elf
Reporter whack_sh
Tags:elf exe mirai UPX whack.sh
File size (compressed) :98'000 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :178'012 bytes
Format:linux/arm
Unpacked file: cffbe36aef31caabbc667494f7c66c9cbb47d7cf3388320f3c2c2db1a643f296

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
129
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Opens a port
Kills processes
Creating a file
Connection attempt
DNS request
Runs as daemon
Receives data from a server
Manages services
Changes access rights for a written file
Sends data to a server
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
72
Number of processes launched:
6
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=a05be77b-1a00-0000-4df8-46c745060000 pid=1605 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=c2014a7f-1a00-0000-4df8-46c746060000 pid=1606 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=a05be77b-1a00-0000-4df8-46c745060000 pid=1605->guuid=c2014a7f-1a00-0000-4df8-46c746060000 pid=1606 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-08-19 02:18:39 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (SO)
AV detection:
14 of 24 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
UPX packed file
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Write file to user bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
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YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:elf_arm_mips_ko_so
Rule name:ELF_IoT_DVR_Botnet_Hama_UPX
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects packed and unpacked ELF IoT/DVR botnet variants targeting UPX compression structures and uncompressed code
Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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

Web download

Mirai

elf 4e180156d2b0d6c13d57b65999cf45393afdaa1f3181e0aafc26686a4795f9e1

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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