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Mirai


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5a831e40d0886ca5a592fa31d4a668e1b464aecfe2dfb6655fa3dafd0a45ae1e
SHA3-384 hash: f35b036bdc4160c7c158a969115fdaecd0ad81a98ead06ecd485b67536c8e07eec5cd182df7af5b7dc48a43d6daff7a0
SHA1 hash: af553e997fd98a0c863eb1fc1ac94c025618bb64
MD5 hash: dd9646be2709a524f0f26e4fbae742c0
humanhash: black-april-hotel-ceiling
File name:i686
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:93'940 bytes
First seen:2025-12-29 23:35:11 UTC
Last seen:2025-12-30 01:22:39 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:DqcU+D+MJmCowjJ5cHEfSWYQnf750neSoNqR4xuUvq0q:ntDowlZxnf750e2be
TLSH T12593D292AE43DFB3E45310F042B79F658E31FC3A1C36D586E76ABDE18A114C1A616329
telfhash t1055159f93da608fcf380a848d71e5b933e0ada77196076b944a3652137f6da581a0c3d
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 :
38
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc
Verdict:
Unknown
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-12-29T21:15:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-29T22:05:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=d59ea789-1900-0000-f07f-095f5f0a0000 pid=2655 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=4ac2828b-1900-0000-f07f-095f660a0000 pid=2662 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=d59ea789-1900-0000-f07f-095f5f0a0000 pid=2655->guuid=4ac2828b-1900-0000-f07f-095f660a0000 pid=2662 execve 24601723-ce49-57fd-8a20-658824355076 127.0.0.1:2625 guuid=4ac2828b-1900-0000-f07f-095f660a0000 pid=2662->24601723-ce49-57fd-8a20-658824355076 con guuid=929ebd8b-1900-0000-f07f-095f670a0000 pid=2663 /tmp/sample.bin write-config guuid=4ac2828b-1900-0000-f07f-095f660a0000 pid=2662->guuid=929ebd8b-1900-0000-f07f-095f670a0000 pid=2663 clone guuid=74402b8c-1900-0000-f07f-095f6a0a0000 pid=2666 /tmp/sample.bin net zombie guuid=4ac2828b-1900-0000-f07f-095f660a0000 pid=2662->guuid=74402b8c-1900-0000-f07f-095f6a0a0000 pid=2666 clone a32958ef-0455-5053-af46-20ca1872719d 45.153.34.74:8954 guuid=74402b8c-1900-0000-f07f-095f6a0a0000 pid=2666->a32958ef-0455-5053-af46-20ca1872719d con guuid=ee87388c-1900-0000-f07f-095f6b0a0000 pid=2667 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=74402b8c-1900-0000-f07f-095f6a0a0000 pid=2666->guuid=ee87388c-1900-0000-f07f-095f6b0a0000 pid=2667 clone
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.mine
Score:
72 / 100
Signature
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1841796 Sample: i686.elf Startdate: 30/12/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 72 27 45.153.34.74, 40636, 8954 SKYLINKNL Germany 2->27 29 54.171.230.55, 443, 60060 AMAZON-02US United States 2->29 33 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->33 35 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->35 37 Yara detected Mirai 2->37 8 i686.elf 2->8         started        11 dash rm 2->11         started        13 dash cut 2->13         started        15 8 other processes 2->15 signatures3 process4 signatures5 39 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 8->39 17 i686.elf 8->17         started        21 i686.elf 8->21         started        process6 file7 25 /etc/cron.d/.sysupdate, ASCII 17->25 dropped 31 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 17->31 23 i686.elf 21->23         started        signatures8 process9
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-29 23:35:42 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
7 of 24 (29.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
discovery execution linux persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Verdict:
Unknown
Tags:
trojan mirai
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
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 5a831e40d0886ca5a592fa31d4a668e1b464aecfe2dfb6655fa3dafd0a45ae1e

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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