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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 4e44aee1aa88032105eee44845fd34f31e9a7be7a86ef787dbec87155da19a46
SHA3-384 hash: 728ffd3c9185d4156fa8694618dbff610e39ee275b03c4c278de80afd2f01d65916f2a6322d23f870300d8cd100b9cea
SHA1 hash: 9e6c4dc8eba2262969036934dc89a98db95f01ee
MD5 hash: 5030cfc952637e631ff976ccbc4380ef
humanhash: finch-east-pennsylvania-maryland
File name:putita.arm5
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:54'484 bytes
First seen:2026-07-16 19:42:36 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 1536:J6iCo2cK8cMrZ2D38pD33to19LNpG8CPGfh:6KwW2D23C19qG5
TLSH T1CC330165FD6EF644ED78383A9B1BC006336D5E6A81FDB3AE21F041948BC50C521BD5E2
TrID 50.1% (.) ELF Executable and Linkable format (Linux) (4022/12)
49.8% (.O) ELF Executable and Linkable format (generic) (4000/1)
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf UPX
File size (compressed) :54'484 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :124'352 bytes
Format:linux/arm
Unpacked file: 1d5d88382a4c53f7c36bdf59c45d542a494667118d95fcf72d2aa053512a8920

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
72
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
3
Number of processes launched:
4
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
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-07-16T17:02:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-18T15:29:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=1fece056-1900-0000-086d-20d52b0e0000 pid=3627 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=0a68d258-1900-0000-086d-20d5300e0000 pid=3632 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=1fece056-1900-0000-086d-20d52b0e0000 pid=3627->guuid=0a68d258-1900-0000-086d-20d5300e0000 pid=3632 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
80 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Modifies the '.bashrc' or '.bash_profile' file typically for persisting actions
Protects files from modification
Sample deletes itself
Sample is packed with UPX
Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1943848 Sample: putita.arm5.elf Startdate: 16/07/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 80 53 64.89.163.215, 60654, 60656, 60658 NETIFACE-TORONTO-NetifaceAmericaIncUS Germany 2->53 55 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->55 57 3 other IPs or domains 2->57 59 Sample is packed with UPX 2->59 9 putita.arm5.elf 2->9         started        13 dash rm 2->13         started        15 dash rm 2->15         started        signatures3 process4 file5 43 /usr/lib/kworker-helper, ELF 9->43 dropped 45 /root/.bashrc, ASCII 9->45 dropped 47 /etc/systemd/system/kworker-helper.service, ASCII 9->47 dropped 49 3 other malicious files 9->49 dropped 65 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 9->65 67 Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile 9->67 69 Drops files in suspicious directories 9->69 71 3 other signatures 9->71 17 putita.arm5.elf sh 9->17         started        19 putita.arm5.elf sh 9->19         started        21 putita.arm5.elf chattr 9->21         started        24 6 other processes 9->24 signatures6 process7 signatures8 26 sh crontab 17->26         started        30 sh 17->30         started        32 sh crontab 19->32         started        61 Protects files from modification 21->61 34 putita.arm5.elf 24->34         started        36 putita.arm5.elf 24->36         started        38 putita.arm5.elf 24->38         started        process9 file10 51 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.jSy3Qc, ASCII 26->51 dropped 73 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 26->73 75 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 26->75 40 sh crontab 30->40         started        signatures11 process12 signatures13 63 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 40->63
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Multiverze
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-17 03:50:24 UTC
AV detection:
11 of 38 (28.95%)
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
Modifies Bash startup script
UPX packed file
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Modifies init.d
Deletes itself
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:elf_arm_mips_ko_so
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


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Web download

Mirai

elf 4e44aee1aa88032105eee44845fd34f31e9a7be7a86ef787dbec87155da19a46

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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