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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 52cea539ff1e7522d4f1d484809c0f5e506955341b9930cc036a41bf9b78e129
SHA3-384 hash: 9d7b108ab0a3f315600d8556fd4c046166c4499e5cf50839f74c303e8a68901acda04098971e5c88fcb929fbd11730f5
SHA1 hash: ff8824663377033cd7ba50db5b01980d140adb8c
MD5 hash: 02831f3bda82aa8bd7cbc0c2662c8298
humanhash: queen-east-chicken-romeo
File name:nklmpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:111'604 bytes
First seen:2026-01-23 13:47:39 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:EoXwI6q/ukgm35/KmoINyW23aH0UJqhYCRibRc81OhulO/cKClmZfqFX39wu7r8N:EYVfNyqhlNciwuoQgIW5j
TLSH T1A5B3F80ABFB11FFBE4AFDD3345A90749299D460621B93B393974D81CB25A28F06D3C64
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 :
66
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
7
Number of processes launched:
1
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=5fae3162-1700-0000-5a15-a4466b0c0000 pid=3179 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=8d3c6064-1700-0000-5a15-a446730c0000 pid=3187 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=5fae3162-1700-0000-5a15-a4466b0c0000 pid=3179->guuid=8d3c6064-1700-0000-5a15-a446730c0000 pid=3187 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
60 / 100
Signature
Connects to many IPs within the same subnet mask (likely port scanning)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-23 13:48:39 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
12 of 36 (33.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Renames itself
Contacts a large (30480) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 52cea539ff1e7522d4f1d484809c0f5e506955341b9930cc036a41bf9b78e129

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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