MalwareBazaar Database

You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 59c7a5efa977006e985adbdd6423e629f5aa2a644b4d8064d2882e4487f0f2c8. While MalwareBazaar tries to identify whether the sample provided is malicious or not, there is no guarantee that a sample in MalwareBazaar is malicious.

Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 59c7a5efa977006e985adbdd6423e629f5aa2a644b4d8064d2882e4487f0f2c8
SHA3-384 hash: 2070f48b6e939e7174b5a1106a7849d326fc7167741e380910d3229ef95875951acbabd319e58069bdf12eb96be539fc
SHA1 hash: 866e7e785748feba2f4e261f6d1afff02e6a9c84
MD5 hash: b2aece08d7d633bfdb143b3c62f5dc2a
humanhash: indigo-four-whiskey-louisiana
File name:morte.x86_64
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:45'380 bytes
First seen:2025-09-13 02:49:53 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:bHP+YDAufWsU0/Ld+M6CM2qhs9FnS1GRB8R4Bz6muFWnVi1YWZYOx0YO:b/EJ4dsCMtWn7IR4o4ELZfxO
TLSH T1E113E1A59835A03AF02277B2846F7C81B957FC68C50A0B8F0FAC76BDD971D912719E20
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 :
1
# of downloads :
55
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Opens a port
Sends data to a server
Receives data from a server
Connection attempt
Runs as daemon
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
obfuscated packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
46
Number of processes launched:
6
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2025-09-13T00:00:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-09-13T00:00:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.r HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.h HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.cw HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.bl HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.bj
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=58fb6d2b-1800-0000-ea55-c187a30c0000 pid=3235 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=3264372d-1800-0000-ea55-c187a80c0000 pid=3240 /tmp/sample.bin mprotect-exec net guuid=58fb6d2b-1800-0000-ea55-c187a30c0000 pid=3235->guuid=3264372d-1800-0000-ea55-c187a80c0000 pid=3240 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=3264372d-1800-0000-ea55-c187a80c0000 pid=3240->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=d524c62d-1800-0000-ea55-c187ab0c0000 pid=3243 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=3264372d-1800-0000-ea55-c187a80c0000 pid=3240->guuid=d524c62d-1800-0000-ea55-c187ab0c0000 pid=3243 clone guuid=c6df7b58-1900-0000-ea55-c187770f0000 pid=3959 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=3264372d-1800-0000-ea55-c187a80c0000 pid=3240->guuid=c6df7b58-1900-0000-ea55-c187770f0000 pid=3959 clone guuid=0cb38258-1900-0000-ea55-c187780f0000 pid=3960 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data zombie guuid=3264372d-1800-0000-ea55-c187a80c0000 pid=3240->guuid=0cb38258-1900-0000-ea55-c187780f0000 pid=3960 clone guuid=9b8dcb2d-1800-0000-ea55-c187ac0c0000 pid=3244 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=d524c62d-1800-0000-ea55-c187ab0c0000 pid=3243->guuid=9b8dcb2d-1800-0000-ea55-c187ac0c0000 pid=3244 clone guuid=1822ce2d-1800-0000-ea55-c187ad0c0000 pid=3245 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data zombie guuid=d524c62d-1800-0000-ea55-c187ab0c0000 pid=3243->guuid=1822ce2d-1800-0000-ea55-c187ad0c0000 pid=3245 clone guuid=1822ce2d-1800-0000-ea55-c187ad0c0000 pid=3245->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 send: 585B a4e02df3-c7fa-5be2-b410-afe687812c07 41.216.189.108:80 guuid=1822ce2d-1800-0000-ea55-c187ad0c0000 pid=3245->a4e02df3-c7fa-5be2-b410-afe687812c07 send: 22B guuid=0cb38258-1900-0000-ea55-c187780f0000 pid=3960->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 send: 585B guuid=0cb38258-1900-0000-ea55-c187780f0000 pid=3960->a4e02df3-c7fa-5be2-b410-afe687812c07 send: 22B
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
72 / 100
Signature
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is packed with UPX
Sends malformed DNS queries
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1776864 Sample: morte.x86_64.elf Startdate: 13/09/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 72 26 erfffxz.bounceme.net. [malformed] 2->26 28 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->28 30 5 other IPs or domains 2->30 32 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->32 34 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->34 36 Yara detected Mirai 2->36 38 Sample is packed with UPX 2->38 8 morte.x86_64.elf 2->8         started        10 dash rm 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 python3.8 dpkg 2->14         started        signatures3 40 Sends malformed DNS queries 26->40 process4 process5 16 morte.x86_64.elf 8->16         started        18 morte.x86_64.elf 8->18         started        20 morte.x86_64.elf 8->20         started        process6 22 morte.x86_64.elf 16->22         started        24 morte.x86_64.elf 16->24         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-09-13 02:50:50 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 24 (62.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet defense_evasion discovery linux upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Enumerates running processes
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Mirai
Mirai family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
erfffxz.bounceme.net
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:CP_AllMal_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication
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


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

Web download

Mirai

elf 59c7a5efa977006e985adbdd6423e629f5aa2a644b4d8064d2882e4487f0f2c8

(this sample)

Comments