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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 20 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5f9d0ec0f41bc1ab0ea2da6c7464e597483631396ca425088a75a91c6cd8b0c5
SHA3-384 hash: 6fdb4249fa41568180a6fee97343739c4a0412ece232771e0336928046befc9def6a9a613f9d872043f60f6e5b2a2464
SHA1 hash: 945ec901f41b0eeaddc898a87a3988e89947d478
MD5 hash: 36206f48d26a29f4c3f1a2be0dd73b1b
humanhash: michigan-leopard-moon-minnesota
File name:debug
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:169'256 bytes
First seen:2026-01-22 09:09:54 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:hmXH5uUpkslYwLhdeQ5bw6QXe4n6TWFTX7TRATGjEnsvfInbVJ1Vx8XeF:4X5uUpkslYwLhQQ54xt/Osvgfu
TLSH T102F35B07B5C098FDC4C9C1748BAEA136DA72F51D1239B25F17D4EE262E8DE305B2E690
telfhash t1fb51b0303de6359861f7e226734eda6aed2209101ce271a5de272af9ce1778d0d71862
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 :
40
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
58
Number of processes launched:
3
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=71e54470-1900-0000-deab-14270d0b0000 pid=2829 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=e0de7472-1900-0000-deab-1427110b0000 pid=2833 /tmp/sample.bin delete-file dns net send-data write-file guuid=71e54470-1900-0000-deab-14270d0b0000 pid=2829->guuid=e0de7472-1900-0000-deab-1427110b0000 pid=2833 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=e0de7472-1900-0000-deab-1427110b0000 pid=2833->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 send: 76B 03ff1906-5a34-5278-b529-7bdb9997a203 assets.gametools.win:2211 guuid=e0de7472-1900-0000-deab-1427110b0000 pid=2833->03ff1906-5a34-5278-b529-7bdb9997a203 send: 5B guuid=0004fb72-1900-0000-deab-1427120b0000 pid=2834 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=e0de7472-1900-0000-deab-1427110b0000 pid=2833->guuid=0004fb72-1900-0000-deab-1427120b0000 pid=2834 clone guuid=bb8bfe72-1900-0000-deab-1427130b0000 pid=2835 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=e0de7472-1900-0000-deab-1427110b0000 pid=2833->guuid=bb8bfe72-1900-0000-deab-1427130b0000 pid=2835 clone a726acc1-d61c-5d7f-b49f-43a476366405 assets.gametools.win:7733 guuid=0004fb72-1900-0000-deab-1427120b0000 pid=2834->a726acc1-d61c-5d7f-b49f-43a476366405 con
Result
Threat name:
Aquabot, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
88 / 100
Signature
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Reads system files that contain records of logged in users
Sample deletes itself
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Yara detected Aquabot
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1855581 Sample: debug.elf Startdate: 22/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 88 99 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->99 101 assets.gametools.win 193.233.248.201, 2211, 55460, 55464 FREE-NET-ASFREEnetEU Russian Federation 2->101 103 4 other IPs or domains 2->103 111 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->111 113 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->113 115 Yara detected Aquabot 2->115 117 Yara detected Mirai 2->117 11 systemd gdm3 2->11         started        13 systemd gdm3 2->13         started        15 systemd gdm3 2->15         started        17 50 other processes 2->17 signatures3 process4 file5 21 gdm3 gdm-session-worker 11->21         started        32 3 other processes 11->32 23 gdm3 gdm-session-worker 13->23         started        34 3 other processes 13->34 25 gdm3 gdm-session-worker 15->25         started        36 3 other processes 15->36 97 /var/log/wtmp, data 17->97 dropped 105 Sample deletes itself 17->105 107 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 17->107 109 Reads system files that contain records of logged in users 17->109 27 systemd dbus-daemon 17->27         started        30 systemd dbus-daemon 17->30         started        38 38 other processes 17->38 signatures6 process7 signatures8 40 gdm-session-worker gdm-wayland-session 21->40         started        42 gdm-session-worker gdm-wayland-session 23->42         started        44 gdm-session-worker gdm-wayland-session 25->44         started        121 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 27->121 123 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 38->123 46 language-validate language-options 38->46         started        48 language-validate language-options 38->48         started        50 language-validate language-options 38->50         started        52 26 other processes 38->52 process9 process10 54 gdm-wayland-session dbus-daemon 40->54         started        57 gdm-wayland-session dbus-run-session 40->57         started        59 gdm-wayland-session dbus-daemon 42->59         started        61 gdm-wayland-session dbus-run-session 42->61         started        63 gdm-wayland-session dbus-daemon 44->63         started        65 gdm-wayland-session dbus-run-session 44->65         started        67 language-options sh 46->67         started        69 language-options sh 48->69         started        71 language-options sh 50->71         started        signatures11 119 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 54->119 73 dbus-daemon 54->73         started        75 dbus-run-session dbus-daemon 57->75         started        77 dbus-daemon 59->77         started        79 dbus-run-session dbus-daemon 61->79         started        81 dbus-daemon 63->81         started        83 dbus-run-session dbus-daemon 65->83         started        85 2 other processes 67->85 87 2 other processes 69->87 89 2 other processes 71->89 process12 process13 91 dbus-daemon false 73->91         started        93 dbus-daemon false 77->93         started        95 dbus-daemon false 81->95         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-22 08:56:05 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
13 of 36 (36.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:botnet credential_access discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads process memory
Enumerates running processes
Deletes itself
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
assets.gametools.win
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_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_Trojan_Gafgyt_0cd591cd
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_33b4111a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_620087b9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_807911a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9e9530a7
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a33a8363
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d0c57a2e
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d4227dbf
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d996d335
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_01e4a728
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_449937aa
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_520deeb8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_e0cf29e2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MatchByteSequence
Author:Generated by ChatGPT
Description:Rule to match specific byte sequence: 89 C8 C1 E8 08 31 D1 31 C8
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 5f9d0ec0f41bc1ab0ea2da6c7464e597483631396ca425088a75a91c6cd8b0c5

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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