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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 524bc14fe7043e21adde513b0582e738ba6cdac3ff8fc71cd445e362d1dea681
SHA3-384 hash: 8989aa0f58bb9d475ae93aae32288e4599547401d1c52659fca844378a1f1e54cbfb995894093a522746020076f34b8f
SHA1 hash: 721e95c8236829b2bafa21071d9aa80dad0d9836
MD5 hash: 24692c2ca2e1b8b7da41730424c723e9
humanhash: johnny-failed-indigo-east
File name:cron
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:83'180 bytes
First seen:2025-07-17 05:32:35 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:uE0p/v17AZvpibQ0B6F8H7sDIK1WQaCnoLAACwfWCWwN:d0ppAZvpif6FnO/CnoLAACHwN
TLSH T192835BC2E68B51F6D81700B4A05BB77ADA32DAD68032DA86FB19CE21DD379015313FD9
telfhash t1233112f71ebd0ce4b7d4ac00836e6e101e69933b296072b74273c52532aedd141aec39
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

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
24
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Opens a port
Launching a process
Kills processes
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
18
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
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
60 / 100
Signature
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Terminates several processes with shell command 'killall'
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1738540 Sample: cron.elf Startdate: 17/07/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 60 36 24.192.204.16 WOW-INTERNETUS United States 2->36 38 32.35.158.219 WORLDNET5-10US United States 2->38 40 99 other IPs or domains 2->40 42 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->42 44 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->44 9 cron.elf 2->9         started        signatures3 process4 process5 11 cron.elf 9->11         started        process6 13 cron.elf sh 11->13         started        15 cron.elf sh 11->15         started        17 cron.elf sh 11->17         started        19 59 other processes 11->19 process7 21 sh killall 13->21         started        24 sh killall 15->24         started        26 sh killall 17->26         started        28 sh killall 19->28         started        30 sh killall 19->30         started        32 sh killall 19->32         started        34 56 other processes 19->34 signatures8 46 Terminates several processes with shell command 'killall' 21->46
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-07-17 05:33:28 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 38 (44.74%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:kyton discovery linux rootkit
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Reads CPU attributes
Enumerates running processes
Loads a kernel module
Contacts a large (109314) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan mirai
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Mirai_268aac0b Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0cb1699c Linux_Trojan_Mirai_70ef58f1 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0d73971c Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0cb1699c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0d73971c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_268aac0b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_70ef58f1
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 524bc14fe7043e21adde513b0582e738ba6cdac3ff8fc71cd445e362d1dea681

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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