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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 5


Intelligence 5 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 56b2069d230583ed78891de2354cf27dfbabc6c962fe8bf6b63f7bf6bc119721
SHA3-384 hash: bec632361b19c967fde2b93b55caae3dcdf4f77c4a4ddd274f5c7a01c4e1239c351b71dbdea3d61d9c040dbc736ba7f8
SHA1 hash: 5b1e9abe0e3ed3df5813ea4b7bb0f1d520f92c82
MD5 hash: 1e3b55bae248111e06f984c9a04c4519
humanhash: earth-wisconsin-sad-carbon
File name:mipsel
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:236'157 bytes
First seen:2026-05-25 19:24:01 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:YyUDF67Vxc3zys2beDvlhxNNyAxYM9LkwZOvjO:Ch67Voys9lhxNNyAxYM9LkwZOvjO
TLSH T1D234D707AB519EF7C89FCD3306FA860120CEF4572564772B3274DA6CBA0A64F5993CA4
telfhash t144611f58d43d49e9af635d19a8696be34993e12a22f86b18ff56cdc0081f42cf224d0f
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
39
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Changes access rights for a written file
Creating a file
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Sets a written file as executable
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Launching a process
Manages services
Kills processes
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=74585689-1600-0000-8a52-512f490e0000 pid=3657 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=88da1c8c-1600-0000-8a52-512f4a0e0000 pid=3658 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=74585689-1600-0000-8a52-512f490e0000 pid=3657->guuid=88da1c8c-1600-0000-8a52-512f4a0e0000 pid=3658 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
88 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Modifies the '.bashrc' or '.bash_profile' file typically for persisting actions
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is potentially a Mirai botnet sample
Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1918266 Sample: mipsel.elf Startdate: 25/05/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 88 85 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOS-USDepartmentofStateUS ZZ 2->85 87 94.156.152.234, 42956, 9111 INTERNET-MAGNATEZA South Africa 2->87 89 2 other IPs or domains 2->89 95 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->95 97 Yara detected Mirai 2->97 99 Sample is potentially a Mirai botnet sample 2->99 9 mipsel.elf 2->9         started        11 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->11         started        13 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->13         started        15 6 other processes 2->15 signatures3 process4 process5 17 mipsel.elf 9->17         started        19 mipsel.elf sh 9->19         started        21 mipsel.elf sh 9->21         started        23 11 other processes 9->23 file6 27 mipsel.elf sh 17->27         started        41 55 other processes 17->41 29 sh cat 19->29         started        43 2 other processes 19->43 33 sh crontab 21->33         started        35 sh 21->35         started        67 /root/.bashrc, ASCII 23->67 dropped 69 /home/saturnino/.bashrc, ASCII 23->69 dropped 71 /etc/rc.local, ASCII 23->71 dropped 73 /etc/profile, ASCII 23->73 dropped 101 Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile 23->101 103 Modifies the '.bashrc' or '.bash_profile' file typically for persisting actions 23->103 105 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 23->105 37 sh crontab 23->37         started        39 sh 23->39         started        45 11 other processes 23->45 signatures7 process8 file9 47 sh crontab 27->47         started        51 sh crontab 27->51         started        53 sh grep 27->53         started        75 /etc/init.d/botnet, POSIX 29->75 dropped 107 Drops files in suspicious directories 29->107 77 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.UJpr1S, ASCII 33->77 dropped 109 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 33->109 111 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 33->111 55 sh crontab 35->55         started        57 sh grep 35->57         started        79 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.gpoDWK, ASCII 37->79 dropped 61 2 other processes 39->61 63 143 other processes 41->63 113 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 43->113 115 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 43->115 59 update-rc.d systemctl 43->59         started        81 /usr/local/bin/botwatch, POSIX 45->81 dropped 65 7 other processes 45->65 signatures10 process11 file12 83 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.qXOHbf, ASCII 47->83 dropped 91 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 47->91 93 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 47->93 signatures13
Gathering data
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies systemd
File and Directory Permissions Modification
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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:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:test_rule_vldslv
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 56b2069d230583ed78891de2354cf27dfbabc6c962fe8bf6b63f7bf6bc119721

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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