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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 11 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 52e614daba0ed8954f4b731640efdb0fadc81ec0ba77923a868be3d1e99a4dfe
SHA3-384 hash: d090b074d1731d59134532af8489284fee13acf191f62aca5e3be4181f2d535a268440ae159d29ff0f6db4526ddc2108
SHA1 hash: 54486ba75d5a5448245ef91efc43c88c03191137
MD5 hash: 8c42484c831b13cc9a8ed882536bdd88
humanhash: march-bravo-thirteen-zulu
File name:pope.i586
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:248'536 bytes
First seen:2026-08-06 18:19:37 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:V+ONt7zCE1kh5zVDve/7RS3I4pEYi9LOVqG:Ht/71WRy/7RfpFG
TLSH T144345903B643F972E15310B5379EA7625821B839682688C2F7A22EFCFDB55C0D64572F
telfhash t157c179f72a6a0de97390a801c34e6f12ed0ed6bb295430f505f3a6d432b3a829775436
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 gafgyt mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
74
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Collects information on the CPU
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
bashlite gcc masquerade mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-04T05:50:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-05T09:08:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=5ff13533-1900-0000-3b84-033d7d050000 pid=1405 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=8a9dba35-1900-0000-3b84-033d80050000 pid=1408 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=5ff13533-1900-0000-3b84-033d7d050000 pid=1405->guuid=8a9dba35-1900-0000-3b84-033d80050000 pid=1408 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-04 16:05:17 UTC
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
antivm defense_evasion discovery execution linux persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Reads system network configuration
Modifies Bash startup script
Checks files specific to OpenVZ
Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Reads hardware information
Write file to user bin folder
Deletes itself
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (151861) 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:CVE_2017_17215
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2017-17215
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_Exploit_CVE_2017_17215_8b78a857
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Exploit code used in the ZeroBot malware
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_5bf62ce4
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 52e614daba0ed8954f4b731640efdb0fadc81ec0ba77923a868be3d1e99a4dfe

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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