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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 576b03f431de4fa667b4276d95c95de2ad99d544433d8fc3aefc22dda735ff98
SHA3-384 hash: 70b02d6aae84f4f3f084461fda5400bec76b4eb2b487c73d06f31484d5fd7b43cf7480bc1c0c0759dd03c0c6f1ff9fa3
SHA1 hash: 905949692979e44f4e6c4a22923ca43c291977b3
MD5 hash: 29e995e1a99a814a11e803218cf11459
humanhash: sodium-lion-nebraska-hamper
File name:mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:251'812 bytes
First seen:2026-08-24 14:48:33 UTC
Last seen:2026-08-25 12:54:39 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:eDM4HYHWgRqJ5gk6K8u34232HexNCsHFJOdH3n8LBu1EssMZc/T03ImIys61X1hc:ku0j8u34ESkhHSJ8LKEssMOgh5oOS
TLSH T16934D8096FB20EFBD86BDD3B06E91A06248C641722957B35763CD528BF0A54F4AE3C74
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

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
56
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Launching a process
Sets a written file as executable
Sends data to a server
Creates directories in a temporary directory
Runs as daemon
Kills processes
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Connection attempt
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Deleting a recently created file
Creates directories in a subdirectory of a temporary directory
Receives data from a server
Removes directories from a subdirectory of a temporary directory
Collects information on the OS
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-24T12:59:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-25T23:28:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=ba97f85c-1900-0000-a11f-aaa4b5060000 pid=1717 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=3b09b95e-1900-0000-a11f-aaa4b8060000 pid=1720 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=ba97f85c-1900-0000-a11f-aaa4b5060000 pid=1717->guuid=3b09b95e-1900-0000-a11f-aaa4b8060000 pid=1720 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-24 14:49:20 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 24 (62.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
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
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
File and Directory Permissions Modification
Deletes itself
Executes dropped EXE
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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:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Rootkit_Generic_61229bdf
Author:Elastic Security
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


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf 576b03f431de4fa667b4276d95c95de2ad99d544433d8fc3aefc22dda735ff98

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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