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Database Entry


Mirai


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 52b88c20f1e04f58ac244a07114fbac2e6bddb98db8f0f613d53bd9e2bdc7698
SHA3-384 hash: 9f7e8dd203d49650ea458525653ec8a8e878e1b56b0ce7321a1fd2af663de6aa4c0be17243dce2d5c43953bac96e99d4
SHA1 hash: 21352d9396fb3d6e180e9aa40a4b88c6f9a8ce91
MD5 hash: 204aba93820acc7e82f44cddd4e3ec14
humanhash: equal-twenty-carpet-glucose
File name:52b88c20f1e04f58ac244a07114fbac2e6bddb98db8f0f613d53bd9e2bdc7698.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
Create hunting rule
File size:9'848 bytes
First seen:2026-09-18 14:23:11 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 96:GjOTpJ4WHbHf5AlTTej6TNJ9VnNddfs2oYJYoBSf7meaamBFBp8hBdZvZ4:G6z4WTcTTfTpVzdfs2So8f2Tr8h3
TLSH T1A6124147A2D1CE7FC8E813384457122472BBD47ADFA29713050C65766E923DC1E6DF8A
telfhash t159b02b025470414c8ff221380c24cc831202c1a3c9415f608d40f740ca3f08d804cf4d
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 whack_sh
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
45
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
SnowLight
Details
Link:
https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/0e5d6a1d-cf3c-4adc-85c1-39076f8cde28/
Detection(s):
Unix.Downloader.Generic-10032902-0
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Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc golang
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6aad4957ed11bc11c61177cd/reports/b26c883e-e2ad-4b66-ad91-f95d107add80/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
12
Number of processes launched:
4
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Full report:
https://elfdigest.com/brief/52b88c20f1e04f58ac244a07114fbac2e6bddb98db8f0f613d53bd9e2bdc7698
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-09-18T02:33:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-19T22:26:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/52b88c20f1e04f58ac244a07114fbac2e6bddb98db8f0f613d53bd9e2bdc7698/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/5a1aedf5-9d84-479b-8474-e27f21a239b1
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
%3 guuid=b8ba3a49-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa10b0000 pid=2977 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=2984 memfd:a net send-data write-file guuid=b8ba3a49-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa10b0000 pid=2977->guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=2984 execve 9c55d23d-5b5d-5287-b464-d568fe43e004 149.104.28.204:8084 guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=2984->9c55d23d-5b5d-5287-b464-d568fe43e004 send: 1630B guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=3094 memfd:a guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=2984->guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=3094 clone guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=3095 memfd:a net send-data guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=2984->guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=3095 clone guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=3096 memfd:a guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=2984->guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=3096 clone guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=3097 memfd:a send-data guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=2984->guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=3097 clone guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=3098 memfd:a net send-data guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=2984->guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=3098 clone guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=3095->9c55d23d-5b5d-5287-b464-d568fe43e004 send: 1416B guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=3097->9c55d23d-5b5d-5287-b464-d568fe43e004 send: 303B guuid=5957344c-1c00-0000-5a53-cd7aa80b0000 pid=3098->9c55d23d-5b5d-5287-b464-d568fe43e004 send: 743B
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/9a654caa-68d2-4b9d-9a65-a550adf799e6
Result
Threat name:
SNOWLIGHT, VShell
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1974775
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Found malware configuration
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected SNOWLIGHT
Yara detected VShell
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/52b88c20f1e04f58ac244a07114fbac2e6bddb98db8f0f613d53bd9e2bdc7698
Detection:
mirai
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Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/52b88c20f1e04f58ac244a07114fbac2e6bddb98db8f0f613d53bd9e2bdc7698/
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.SAgnt
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-18 07:54:48 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
23 of 38 (60.53%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=kk4iyihr4bhvrlbejidrct52yltl3w4y3ohq6yj5ko6z4k64o2ma._file
Result
Malware family:
snowlight
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:snowlight actor:unc5174 apt discovery linux loader
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260918-rp9r5aga93/
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
149.104.28.204
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
0.75
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/52b88c20f1e04f58ac244a07114fbac2e6bddb98db8f0f613d53bd9e2bdc7698

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
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Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_3fa2df51
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:malware_SNOWLIGHT_ELF
Create hunting rule
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:SNOWLIGHT
Reference:https://sect.iij.ad.jp/blog/2025/11/unc5174-windows-snowlight-in-2025/
Rule name:setsockopt
Create hunting rule
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Create hunting rule
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information

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Web download

Mirai

elf 52b88c20f1e04f58ac244a07114fbac2e6bddb98db8f0f613d53bd9e2bdc7698

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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