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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 56e2133e5638a123e740a8ee9961cfc2edc3d7fc52e95f5a29633d1c67cda4a5
SHA3-384 hash: bf2868d886a5ccd7eea5fca74ef515725a7c59ee43d62cb0f37e93472483fabeffd7842b025884d0780d4bf319513f0f
SHA1 hash: 84c1338af9a0e18bce1dc8e2202e38d7e7207c92
MD5 hash: ee90a247dee3c93c6bcf0a9c3eb10183
humanhash: lake-berlin-robin-saturn
File name:dbus-daemon
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:180'818 bytes
First seen:2025-07-11 23:46:27 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:BvxTHBcFLLhap1bbLudejtnF+HYxwDgmhzQ3oWphNu:/TaLdarDjf+HYsgmhzQ3oWphNu
TLSH T1E6041C28F0128727D2E31375B28DEE1A3E310BD473CBB216667467B46EE36472D25D98
telfhash t152314422983946142bb39928ecbc57b305221b2363997f716f25c5cc49260e2e93ad5f
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
17
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Kills processes
Sets a written file as executable
DNS request
Creating a file
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Launching a process
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc lolbin obfuscated remote
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=4a2f2082-1a00-0000-7dba-01e7940b0000 pid=2964 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=76837d85-1a00-0000-7dba-01e79c0b0000 pid=2972 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=4a2f2082-1a00-0000-7dba-01e7940b0000 pid=2964->guuid=76837d85-1a00-0000-7dba-01e79c0b0000 pid=2972 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Terminates several processes with shell command 'killall'
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1734375 Sample: dbus-daemon.elf Startdate: 12/07/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 66 206.123.128.67, 52852, 52854, 52856 LEASEWEB-USA-NYC-11US United States 2->66 68 gay.energy 2->68 70 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->70 74 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->74 76 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->76 78 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->78 80 3 other signatures 2->80 9 dbus-daemon.elf 2->9         started        12 xfce4-session xfce4-panel 2->12         started        14 xfce4-session xfwm4 2->14         started        16 3 other processes 2->16 signatures3 process4 signatures5 84 Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers 9->84 18 dbus-daemon.elf 9->18         started        21 dbus-daemon.elf sh 9->21         started        23 dbus-daemon.elf 9->23         started        25 dbus-daemon.elf 9->25         started        27 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 12->27         started        29 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 12->29         started        31 xfce4-panel 12->31         started        process6 signatures7 72 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 18->72 33 dbus-daemon.elf sh 18->33         started        35 dbus-daemon.elf sh 18->35         started        37 dbus-daemon.elf sh 18->37         started        49 52 other processes 18->49 39 sh wget 21->39         started        41 sh chmod 21->41         started        43 sh sh 21->43         started        45 sh rm 21->45         started        47 dbus-daemon.elf 23->47         started        process8 process9 51 sh killall 33->51         started        54 sh killall 35->54         started        56 sh killall 37->56         started        58 sh killall 49->58         started        60 sh killall 49->60         started        62 sh killall 49->62         started        64 49 other processes 49->64 signatures10 82 Terminates several processes with shell command 'killall' 51->82
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-07-11 23:47:18 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Enumerates running processes
Reads system routing table
File and Directory Permissions Modification
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan gafgyt Unix.Trojan.Gafgyt-6981154-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6a510422 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d2953f92 Linux_Gafgyt_May_2024
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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:botnet_plaintext_c2
Author:cip
Description:Attempts to match at least some of the strings used in some botnet variants which use plaintext communication protocols.
Rule name:Linux_Gafgyt_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6a510422
Author:Elastic Security
Reference:14cc92b99daa0c91aa09d9a7996ee5549a5cacd7be733960b2cf3681a7c2b628
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d2953f92
Author:Elastic Security
Reference:14cc92b99daa0c91aa09d9a7996ee5549a5cacd7be733960b2cf3681a7c2b628
Rule name:Mal_LNX_Gafgyt_Botnet_ELF
Author:Phatcharadol Thangplub
Description:Use to detect Gafgyt botnet, and there variants.
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 56e2133e5638a123e740a8ee9961cfc2edc3d7fc52e95f5a29633d1c67cda4a5

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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