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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 19 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 4ed88ce9a6e23be23f957e8c6da69b98ad2fa6207cceddd3365e5399746aed9a
SHA3-384 hash: 6cd48adec85cdd518a36899a402fd315a85386ef81415b4f3b6c85ad30563c3eab789eea432db877c4054d992c969c1b
SHA1 hash: 7740b87aa4dd80ad6c9baca88ec7055031444841
MD5 hash: 7731cd984ac1602ac90cc5188e91cd74
humanhash: jupiter-mockingbird-red-snake
File name:ub8ehJSePAfc9FYqZIT6.x86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:131'108 bytes
First seen:2026-01-09 15:16:29 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:CdvLb8/JfDYtZXaQ2tGAheZtgCd3wzJU1S7lh9Hi:+vn8RfDYtdb2tGQ273wdAKlh9H
TLSH T16FD35CC9E6C3D0F6E8520470117AEF33DA73D67A6139DF42C7B85A32AC21502D916BAC
telfhash t1075126f96a7a0dd8a7d06802d24e2f707d4cab7b342036b549f359b4323b94150b9c39
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 mirai upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 1c1eae0eb1b1d1b73b565d3b8d3740bfc94459b853a07f312885921b30840207
File size (compressed) :54'224 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :131'108 bytes
Format:linux/i386
Packed file: 1c1eae0eb1b1d1b73b565d3b8d3740bfc94459b853a07f312885921b30840207

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
41
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
DNS request
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Runs as daemon
Receives data from a server
Kills processes
Locks files
Deleting a recently created file
Sends data to a server
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gafgyt masquerade mirai obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-01-09T12:23:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-10T02:44:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.r HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.h HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.cw HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=d7d39d0b-1700-0000-a195-1f409b0e0000 pid=3739 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=f501110e-1700-0000-a195-1f40a30e0000 pid=3747 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=d7d39d0b-1700-0000-a195-1f409b0e0000 pid=3739->guuid=f501110e-1700-0000-a195-1f40a30e0000 pid=3747 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=f501110e-1700-0000-a195-1f40a30e0000 pid=3747->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=776e5a0e-1700-0000-a195-1f40a40e0000 pid=3748 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=f501110e-1700-0000-a195-1f40a30e0000 pid=3747->guuid=776e5a0e-1700-0000-a195-1f40a40e0000 pid=3748 clone guuid=ae0b6d0e-1700-0000-a195-1f40a70e0000 pid=3751 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=f501110e-1700-0000-a195-1f40a30e0000 pid=3747->guuid=ae0b6d0e-1700-0000-a195-1f40a70e0000 pid=3751 clone guuid=47f0174a-1700-0000-a195-1f40030f0000 pid=3843 /tmp/sample.bin delete-file guuid=f501110e-1700-0000-a195-1f40a30e0000 pid=3747->guuid=47f0174a-1700-0000-a195-1f40030f0000 pid=3843 clone guuid=382d6f76-1800-0000-a195-1f40130f0000 pid=3859 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=f501110e-1700-0000-a195-1f40a30e0000 pid=3747->guuid=382d6f76-1800-0000-a195-1f40130f0000 pid=3859 clone guuid=9e8d1cb2-1800-0000-a195-1f40150f0000 pid=3861 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=f501110e-1700-0000-a195-1f40a30e0000 pid=3747->guuid=9e8d1cb2-1800-0000-a195-1f40150f0000 pid=3861 clone guuid=b254cbed-1800-0000-a195-1f40160f0000 pid=3862 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=f501110e-1700-0000-a195-1f40a30e0000 pid=3747->guuid=b254cbed-1800-0000-a195-1f40160f0000 pid=3862 clone guuid=d3d3d6ed-1800-0000-a195-1f40170f0000 pid=3863 /tmp/sample.bin dns net send-data zombie guuid=f501110e-1700-0000-a195-1f40a30e0000 pid=3747->guuid=d3d3d6ed-1800-0000-a195-1f40170f0000 pid=3863 clone guuid=e328650e-1700-0000-a195-1f40a60e0000 pid=3750 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=776e5a0e-1700-0000-a195-1f40a40e0000 pid=3748->guuid=e328650e-1700-0000-a195-1f40a60e0000 pid=3750 clone guuid=3d0b274a-1700-0000-a195-1f40040f0000 pid=3844 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=47f0174a-1700-0000-a195-1f40030f0000 pid=3843->guuid=3d0b274a-1700-0000-a195-1f40040f0000 pid=3844 clone guuid=f932d385-1700-0000-a195-1f40070f0000 pid=3847 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=47f0174a-1700-0000-a195-1f40030f0000 pid=3843->guuid=f932d385-1700-0000-a195-1f40070f0000 pid=3847 clone guuid=636d89c1-1700-0000-a195-1f40100f0000 pid=3856 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=47f0174a-1700-0000-a195-1f40030f0000 pid=3843->guuid=636d89c1-1700-0000-a195-1f40100f0000 pid=3856 clone guuid=46cc92c1-1700-0000-a195-1f40110f0000 pid=3857 /tmp/sample.bin dns net send-data zombie guuid=47f0174a-1700-0000-a195-1f40030f0000 pid=3843->guuid=46cc92c1-1700-0000-a195-1f40110f0000 pid=3857 clone guuid=46cc92c1-1700-0000-a195-1f40110f0000 pid=3857->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con 4f6baed0-9587-596c-82b3-fd721afe4cc1 10.0.2.3:53 guuid=46cc92c1-1700-0000-a195-1f40110f0000 pid=3857->4f6baed0-9587-596c-82b3-fd721afe4cc1 send: 1672B 3ec2bfaf-8e71-5eeb-b8ce-6ffe78958b80 weifang.serveftp.com:3778 guuid=46cc92c1-1700-0000-a195-1f40110f0000 pid=3857->3ec2bfaf-8e71-5eeb-b8ce-6ffe78958b80 send: 215B guuid=d3d3d6ed-1800-0000-a195-1f40170f0000 pid=3863->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=d3d3d6ed-1800-0000-a195-1f40170f0000 pid=3863->4f6baed0-9587-596c-82b3-fd721afe4cc1 send: 1520B guuid=d3d3d6ed-1800-0000-a195-1f40170f0000 pid=3863->3ec2bfaf-8e71-5eeb-b8ce-6ffe78958b80 send: 200B
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Found malware configuration
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Reads system files that contain records of logged in users
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill a massive number of system processes
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1847374 Sample: ub8ehJSePAfc9FYqZIT6.x86.elf Startdate: 09/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 146 weifang.serveftp.com 45.83.207.173, 3778, 46690, 46694 CLOUVIDERClouvider-GlobalASNGB Netherlands 2->146 148 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->148 150 Found malware configuration 2->150 152 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->152 154 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->154 156 3 other signatures 2->156 15 systemd gdm3 2->15         started        17 ub8ehJSePAfc9FYqZIT6.x86.elf 2->17         started        19 systemd gpu-manager 2->19         started        21 29 other processes 2->21 signatures3 process4 file5 25 gdm3 gdm-session-worker 15->25         started        27 gdm3 gdm-session-worker 15->27         started        35 3 other processes 15->35 29 ub8ehJSePAfc9FYqZIT6.x86.elf 17->29         started        31 ub8ehJSePAfc9FYqZIT6.x86.elf 17->31         started        37 5 other processes 17->37 39 8 other processes 19->39 144 /var/log/wtmp, data 21->144 dropped 158 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 21->158 160 Reads system files that contain records of logged in users 21->160 33 accounts-daemon language-validate 21->33         started        41 4 other processes 21->41 signatures6 process7 process8 43 gdm-session-worker gdm-x-session 25->43         started        45 gdm-session-worker gdm-wayland-session 27->45         started        47 ub8ehJSePAfc9FYqZIT6.x86.elf 29->47         started        58 4 other processes 31->58 50 language-validate language-options 33->50         started        52 sh grep 39->52         started        54 sh grep 39->54         started        56 sh grep 39->56         started        60 5 other processes 39->60 signatures9 62 gdm-x-session dbus-run-session 43->62         started        64 gdm-x-session Xorg Xorg.wrap Xorg 43->64         started        66 gdm-x-session Default 43->66         started        68 gdm-wayland-session dbus-run-session 45->68         started        170 Sample tries to kill a massive number of system processes 47->170 172 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 47->172 70 language-options sh 50->70         started        process10 process11 72 dbus-run-session dbus-daemon 62->72         started        75 dbus-run-session gnome-session gnome-session-binary 1 62->75         started        77 Xorg sh 64->77         started        79 Xorg sh 64->79         started        81 dbus-run-session dbus-daemon 68->81         started        83 dbus-run-session gnome-session gnome-session-binary 1 68->83         started        85 sh locale 70->85         started        87 sh grep 70->87         started        signatures12 162 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 72->162 164 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 72->164 89 dbus-daemon 72->89         started        91 dbus-daemon 72->91         started        100 9 other processes 72->100 93 gnome-session-binary sh gnome-shell 75->93         started        102 18 other processes 75->102 96 sh xkbcomp 77->96         started        98 sh xkbcomp 79->98         started        104 7 other processes 81->104 106 2 other processes 83->106 process13 signatures14 108 dbus-daemon at-spi-bus-launcher 89->108         started        110 dbus-daemon gjs 91->110         started        166 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 93->166 113 gnome-shell ibus-daemon 93->113         started        123 9 other processes 100->123 115 gsd-print-notifications 102->115         started        117 gnome-session-check-accelerated gnome-session-check-accelerated-gl-helper 102->117         started        119 gnome-session-check-accelerated gnome-session-check-accelerated-gles-helper 102->119         started        121 dbus-daemon false 104->121         started        125 6 other processes 104->125 process15 signatures16 127 at-spi-bus-launcher dbus-daemon 108->127         started        168 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 110->168 130 ibus-daemon 113->130         started        132 ibus-daemon ibus-memconf 113->132         started        134 ibus-daemon ibus-engine-simple 113->134         started        136 gsd-print-notifications gsd-printer 115->136         started        process17 signatures18 174 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 127->174 176 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 127->176 138 dbus-daemon 127->138         started        140 ibus-daemon ibus-x11 130->140         started        process19 process20 142 dbus-daemon at-spi2-registryd 138->142         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-09 15:17:34 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:lzrd defense_evasion discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Reads system network configuration
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan gafgyt mirai Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7100807-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c Linux_Trojan_Mirai_fa3ad9d0 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d Linux_Trojan_Mirai_93fc3657 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_804f8e7c Linux_Trojan_Mirai_99d78950 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_5f7b67b8 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_a68e498c Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f Linux_Trojan_Mirai_ae9d0fa6 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3 Linux_Gafgyt_May_2024
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YARA Signatures


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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:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_5f7b67b8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_804f8e7c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_93fc3657
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_99d78950
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_a68e498c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_ae9d0fa6
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_fa3ad9d0
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_Oct19
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious single byte XORed keyword 'Mozilla/5.0' - it uses yara's XOR modifier and therefore cannot print the XOR key. You can use the CyberChef recipe linked in the reference field to brute force the used key.
Reference:https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=XOR_Brute_Force()
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_RID2DB4
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 4ed88ce9a6e23be23f957e8c6da69b98ad2fa6207cceddd3365e5399746aed9a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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