MalwareBazaar Database

You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 5fa965225e35c97914d3d6b771c39e2971d4b8914609922852fe1efbc9a6010d. 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: 5fa965225e35c97914d3d6b771c39e2971d4b8914609922852fe1efbc9a6010d
SHA3-384 hash: e2dcf084b728951375472287ebb14b0ce16df38a40190caad3107e9c3ce382b533256b8600f79478703406cf66ece88d
SHA1 hash: a862fd0db856672990cc0d967dff34acd9c61c81
MD5 hash: acfb7882e23c1727ca4d79b508c8724d
humanhash: jig-oklahoma-lima-colorado
File name:morte.x86_64
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:47'596 bytes
First seen:2025-11-18 11:54:23 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:7ApV3/HxLw6uJqr8ynguJ8io58Nt7uSl0R8zvka4+k6jkB6GtwpDa9g4/OQ8gNfS:7URL7uSngC4u6SmR8zcahk8K6qwY9gpn
TLSH T1DE23E163586FEA78C825D6375A165AE0FFC25DBA44488BAF0C92D3ED4EB78235D12130
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 UPX
File size (compressed) :47'596 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :109'968 bytes
Format:linux/amd64
Unpacked file: 8126e0d947c204a106ddd9991e15aada93be550e21a97eecb546d2fd8633543d

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
58
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Sends data to a server
Receives data from a server
Runs as daemon
Opens a port
DNS request
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gafgyt mirai 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:
2025-11-18T03:23:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-19T10:04:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=f2424fe5-1800-0000-b561-fd834f140000 pid=5199 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=10b76ae7-1800-0000-b561-fd8353140000 pid=5203 /tmp/sample.bin mprotect-exec net guuid=f2424fe5-1800-0000-b561-fd834f140000 pid=5199->guuid=10b76ae7-1800-0000-b561-fd8353140000 pid=5203 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=10b76ae7-1800-0000-b561-fd8353140000 pid=5203->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=d2be05e8-1800-0000-b561-fd8354140000 pid=5204 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=10b76ae7-1800-0000-b561-fd8353140000 pid=5203->guuid=d2be05e8-1800-0000-b561-fd8354140000 pid=5204 clone guuid=ab747912-1a00-0000-b561-fd8369140000 pid=5225 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=10b76ae7-1800-0000-b561-fd8353140000 pid=5203->guuid=ab747912-1a00-0000-b561-fd8369140000 pid=5225 clone guuid=d81f8012-1a00-0000-b561-fd836a140000 pid=5226 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data zombie guuid=10b76ae7-1800-0000-b561-fd8353140000 pid=5203->guuid=d81f8012-1a00-0000-b561-fd836a140000 pid=5226 clone guuid=54d00ce8-1800-0000-b561-fd8355140000 pid=5205 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=d2be05e8-1800-0000-b561-fd8354140000 pid=5204->guuid=54d00ce8-1800-0000-b561-fd8355140000 pid=5205 clone guuid=770e15e8-1800-0000-b561-fd8356140000 pid=5206 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data zombie guuid=d2be05e8-1800-0000-b561-fd8354140000 pid=5204->guuid=770e15e8-1800-0000-b561-fd8356140000 pid=5206 clone guuid=770e15e8-1800-0000-b561-fd8356140000 pid=5206->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 send: 525B 6212eaac-f1d9-5754-86f6-5d00d3f03015 41.216.189.110:80 guuid=770e15e8-1800-0000-b561-fd8356140000 pid=5206->6212eaac-f1d9-5754-86f6-5d00d3f03015 send: 22B guuid=d81f8012-1a00-0000-b561-fd836a140000 pid=5226->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 send: 525B guuid=d81f8012-1a00-0000-b561-fd836a140000 pid=5226->6212eaac-f1d9-5754-86f6-5d00d3f03015 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
Uses dynamic DNS services
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1816026 Sample: morte.x86_64.elf Startdate: 18/11/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 72 22 vmr3absd.ddns.net 2->22 24 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->24 26 2 other IPs or domains 2->26 28 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->28 30 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->30 32 Yara detected Mirai 2->32 34 Sample is packed with UPX 2->34 8 morte.x86_64.elf 2->8         started        10 python3.8 dpkg 2->10         started        signatures3 36 Uses dynamic DNS services 22->36 process4 process5 12 morte.x86_64.elf 8->12         started        14 morte.x86_64.elf 8->14         started        16 morte.x86_64.elf 8->16         started        process6 18 morte.x86_64.elf 12->18         started        20 morte.x86_64.elf 12->20         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-18 08:28:50 UTC
AV detection:
17 of 38 (44.74%)
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:
vmr3absd.ddns.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: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: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 5fa965225e35c97914d3d6b771c39e2971d4b8914609922852fe1efbc9a6010d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

Comments