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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 53999e67045d366b18c6e32c1ea8f2d8f5455ffda704f50a8f7e028a90749b63
SHA3-384 hash: 610c59db0c1d1a9b78ea5bc2a0d88ea49ec43ee2f418ce915ae2af651c33b5255d945be3ab30bcbf7f14cca04aa08db1
SHA1 hash: a6542dfb6569d3697dcf7e7c42590dc60788d3fe
MD5 hash: 482cae00fc4d307001787e13f4e02910
humanhash: earth-mississippi-foxtrot-ink
File name:morte.x86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:47'032 bytes
First seen:2025-11-10 00:28:35 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:lst2qiId+J7/S/Pq4Vk7O1SWKiFPz63YMjfbt7+E6XyWYKbnnbcuyD7UHQRji:1Id+8/C4VT/dFm3YMjRyxXyPKbnnouyU
TLSH T12823F2D268BED35EE5FA003B56EF7F17504AE05C56E8988297C4603A1C18F1C6A3E34B
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 UPX
File size (compressed) :47'032 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :112'080 bytes
Format:linux/i386
Unpacked file: 7d1814f72016293f5f6ea501c3f488a40f296127d7c17235694840b3652641d9

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
43
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Opens a port
Connection attempt
Runs as daemon
Kills processes
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
exploit gafgyt masquerade mirai obfuscated packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
1
Number of processes launched:
4
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
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-11-09T11:53:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-11T12:18:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=953c0e34-1900-0000-cb90-0ce4510e0000 pid=3665 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=ce3a3637-1900-0000-cb90-0ce4550e0000 pid=3669 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=953c0e34-1900-0000-cb90-0ce4510e0000 pid=3665->guuid=ce3a3637-1900-0000-cb90-0ce4550e0000 pid=3669 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=ce3a3637-1900-0000-cb90-0ce4550e0000 pid=3669->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=00a24238-1900-0000-cb90-0ce4560e0000 pid=3670 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=ce3a3637-1900-0000-cb90-0ce4550e0000 pid=3669->guuid=00a24238-1900-0000-cb90-0ce4560e0000 pid=3670 clone guuid=66c35238-1900-0000-cb90-0ce4570e0000 pid=3671 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=00a24238-1900-0000-cb90-0ce4560e0000 pid=3670->guuid=66c35238-1900-0000-cb90-0ce4570e0000 pid=3671 clone guuid=d8b58f38-1900-0000-cb90-0ce4580e0000 pid=3672 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=66c35238-1900-0000-cb90-0ce4570e0000 pid=3671->guuid=d8b58f38-1900-0000-cb90-0ce4580e0000 pid=3672 clone
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
92 / 100
Signature
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is packed with UPX
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1811061 Sample: morte.x86.elf Startdate: 10/11/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 92 16 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->16 18 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->18 20 Yara detected Gafgyt 2->20 22 2 other signatures 2->22 8 morte.x86.elf 2->8         started        process3 process4 10 morte.x86.elf 8->10         started        process5 12 morte.x86.elf 10->12         started        process6 14 morte.x86.elf 12->14         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-09 14:29:57 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
23 of 37 (62.16%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet discovery linux upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Enumerates running processes
Mirai
Mirai family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
teamc2.duckdns.org
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7135858-0
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 53999e67045d366b18c6e32c1ea8f2d8f5455ffda704f50a8f7e028a90749b63

(this sample)

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