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Mirai


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 12 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5a1d91831955900ce61ac7df64647bd67396329f246a22e104f9ddd9ecf7dc57
SHA3-384 hash: 4747fc88d5f63c0d2b65c814d18f4ba7b84a7bbdfa4a8edcf8a87b51140f2142174d815902060f2eca4d70abcf9faded
SHA1 hash: 6649980289438e76c1ec036fa122748c4f2af66d
MD5 hash: 7a7166748522fb2b434942e5089a9703
humanhash: maryland-floor-sierra-jersey
File name:mips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:160'201 bytes
First seen:2025-09-16 02:43:29 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:NMVhnf7YLx0Bedi1ebcRg/l0mUlGPaLEgvI6Nb:NonTqgOl0mUlGPaLEgvI6Nb
TLSH T1E3F375397E11AFBEE278863107F66F70CF9529D326919341E26CF6185E7128C1C9EB90
telfhash t14c315551543501141fb299286cbc55631121362393543e71af25c4cc05361e2e93ee0f
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
76
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sends data to a server
Receives data from a server
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc mirai obfuscated threat
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
1
Number of processes launched:
5
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
37215
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2025-09-16T00:34:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-09-16T00:34:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=e320bfc2-1700-0000-e777-57a8530e0000 pid=3667 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=16f5e7c5-1700-0000-e777-57a8560e0000 pid=3670 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=e320bfc2-1700-0000-e777-57a8530e0000 pid=3667->guuid=16f5e7c5-1700-0000-e777-57a8560e0000 pid=3670 execve
Result
Threat name:
Mirai, Gafgyt
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Contains symbols with names commonly found in malware
Detected Mirai
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
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1778197 Sample: mips.elf Startdate: 16/09/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 21 197.212.93.237 ZAIN-ZAMBIAZM Zambia 2->21 23 156.124.100.154 XNSTGCA United States 2->23 25 99 other IPs or domains 2->25 27 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->27 29 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->29 31 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->31 33 5 other signatures 2->33 8 mips.elf 2->8         started        11 python3.8 dpkg 2->11         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 35 Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers 8->35 13 mips.elf 8->13         started        15 mips.elf 8->15         started        17 mips.elf 8->17         started        process6 process7 19 mips.elf 13->19         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-09-16 02:47:35 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
23 of 36 (63.89%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Creates a large amount of network flows
Reads system routing table
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (15225) amount of remote hosts
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
botnet mirai trojan gafgyt Unix.Trojan.Mirai-6981169-0
YARA:
MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1 botnet_dedsec Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c Linux_Gafgyt_May_2024
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:botnet_dedsec
Author:NDA0E
Description:dedsec botnet
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: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:CVE_2017_17215
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2017-17215
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
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:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF Mirai variant
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Mal_LNX_Gafgyt_Botnet_ELF
Author:Phatcharadol Thangplub
Description:Use to detect Gafgyt botnet, and there variants.
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
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


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

Web download

Mirai

elf 5a1d91831955900ce61ac7df64647bd67396329f246a22e104f9ddd9ecf7dc57

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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