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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5596b31d49da26c31f90aee4be6de33c033001a8bac546501c42daf138958615
SHA3-384 hash: 9be6d2152db29f88b3d0d57bed22b8fa651e528b3ca67e08a04b764f6079daec7ead644b6f13c2b581c9d353372387dc
SHA1 hash: 57bfb51e142aa54d688abee5a4bd289fb838752c
MD5 hash: 1fafd5ea686faaf52848a68b23bb6692
humanhash: bulldog-sixteen-whiskey-football
File name:kerneld
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:220'852 bytes
First seen:2026-01-14 19:16:27 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:IzHebzdvQykRH8Fk+T1Q70WP79hNklFKkZbYX4PBic:Iz+bzdvQykB1+T12FjLNkHKI44PB
TLSH T14724E70AAB910FBBE8AFCD3746ED0B0128CC641721A87F7A3274D518F54A64B59E3C74
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 upx-dec


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abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 9ab64d8c66d973ca952966360e68ad30a7ce20bfa9f45c6da31b6727969b58ec
File size (compressed) :68'960 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :220'852 bytes
Format:linux/mipsel
Packed file: 9ab64d8c66d973ca952966360e68ad30a7ce20bfa9f45c6da31b6727969b58ec

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
130
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-01-14T17:30:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-14T20:34:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=ecdb3dd8-1900-0000-370c-51e41a0a0000 pid=2586 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=d168c7da-1900-0000-370c-51e4210a0000 pid=2593 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=ecdb3dd8-1900-0000-370c-51e41a0a0000 pid=2586->guuid=d168c7da-1900-0000-370c-51e4210a0000 pid=2593 execve guuid=3dd2fcdc-1900-0000-370c-51e4290a0000 pid=2601 /usr/bin/dash guuid=d168c7da-1900-0000-370c-51e4210a0000 pid=2593->guuid=3dd2fcdc-1900-0000-370c-51e4290a0000 pid=2601 clone
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
72 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-14 19:17:32 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
23 of 38 (60.53%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan gafgyt Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7100807-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:botnet_Yakuza
Author:NDA0E
Description:Yakuza botnet
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 5596b31d49da26c31f90aee4be6de33c033001a8bac546501c42daf138958615

(this sample)

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