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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5a97ccdebd3aceeee438032c9e264df20ee41d30d1e4b87f5eb04ed05a234387
SHA3-384 hash: 686bbbee3ffcff9c779738be2fc95696d46e0510ca2f9df6900cf4eb29a0e66abdce366456ca74b2abc019ae6311e880
SHA1 hash: 0d6c26a965e5138924cb8318f41b820a39d1322d
MD5 hash: 49094f58baf737c7e20f9fc160316b78
humanhash: leopard-white-double-sodium
File name:armv5l
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:76'536 bytes
First seen:2026-10-17 13:20:29 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:MZ9YSNa+5XLyFq35jawHpLYa0GnOUYpfqEPq+Ik2pPL0w93rnIzf:ulND8kcwZ8fTqVkaPGb
TLSH T13C730215A24D9876CD5040BE62AAC605368EABB6952C31F376BE4F4433CD05FBB38617
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 UPX
File size (compressed) :76'536 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :198'648 bytes
Format:linux/arm
Unpacked file: 240144652ddca5c93ada9f898ebdf6c3f0c66272e17c438ca1c1c8b8b710c5ed

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
88
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-10-17T09:12:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-19T09:10:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=b56f84e2-3200-0000-19a4-64e7a20a0000 pid=2722 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=44c6c6e4-3200-0000-19a4-64e7a80a0000 pid=2728 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=b56f84e2-3200-0000-19a4-64e7a20a0000 pid=2722->guuid=44c6c6e4-3200-0000-19a4-64e7a80a0000 pid=2728 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Drops invisible ELF files
Found malware configuration
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample is packed with UPX
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1988392 Sample: armv5l.elf Startdate: 17/10/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 61 83.168.69.95, 57316, 57318, 57320 SKYPASS-ASPL Poland 2->61 63 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOS-USDepartmentofStateUS ZZ 2->63 65 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->65 67 Found malware configuration 2->67 69 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->69 71 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->71 73 4 other signatures 2->73 11 armv5l.elf 2->11         started        14 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->14         started        16 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->16         started        18 3 other processes 2->18 signatures3 process4 signatures5 85 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 11->85 20 armv5l.elf 11->20         started        process6 process7 22 armv5l.elf 20->22         started        signatures8 75 Sample deletes itself 22->75 25 armv5l.elf 22->25         started        29 armv5l.elf 22->29         started        31 armv5l.elf 22->31         started        33 armv5l.elf 22->33         started        process9 file10 53 /etc/rc.local, ASCII 25->53 dropped 55 /etc/cron.d/sys-network-helper, ASCII 25->55 dropped 77 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 25->77 79 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 25->79 81 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 25->81 35 armv5l.elf sh 25->35         started        37 armv5l.elf iptables 25->37         started        39 armv5l.elf iptables-restore 25->39         started        41 armv5l.elf iptables-restore 25->41         started        57 /usr/lib/systemd/.system-helper, ELF 29->57 dropped 59 /etc/cron.d/killer-helper, ASCII 29->59 dropped 83 Drops invisible ELF files 29->83 43 armv5l.elf sh 29->43         started        signatures11 process12 process13 45 sh systemctl 35->45         started        47 sh systemctl 35->47         started        49 sh systemctl 43->49         started        51 sh systemctl 43->51         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Svirtu
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-17 13:21:25 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
16 of 38 (42.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  5/10
Tags:
upx
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:ELF_IoT_DVR_Botnet_Hama_UPX
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects packed and unpacked ELF IoT/DVR botnet variants targeting UPX compression structures and uncompressed code
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
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:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
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 5a97ccdebd3aceeee438032c9e264df20ee41d30d1e4b87f5eb04ed05a234387

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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