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Mirai


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 624c19c03e5e9bfdef482f1c28d01d011f421733710ae603f048ebc629608dfc
SHA3-384 hash: e13e289e7faf082fc89ce00b37a472853d4a52f6c1574ec475d1168597f9aa184d9dc755008dea9d5bfb339cc824d793
SHA1 hash: 43494dc622c1b56a3bb2206497ba71d26f91a379
MD5 hash: cccc2bcc0eb5d69b0494d8584b1421be
humanhash: washington-kentucky-uniform-pasta
File name:mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:146'376 bytes
First seen:2025-12-17 18:23:29 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:q3HF21g93lD7SaBN5oAX2zb16DKt2Nda/jvb7XZUOwl6Ek56SqAqRTaV6webzv:q3l28DGRuNU/jX9o7RTa8weHv
TLSH T1B2E3D70ABB610FF7EC6FCC3B4AE91B05248D651621A87F75B634D918F60B24B19E3874
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 :
72
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Runs as daemon
Kills processes
Opens a port
Manages services
Launching a process
DNS request
Creating a file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
opendir
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-12-17T16:35:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-18T21:07:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=cb1ff010-1b00-0000-d120-aba01e0c0000 pid=3102 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=25e1e213-1b00-0000-d120-aba02a0c0000 pid=3114 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=cb1ff010-1b00-0000-d120-aba01e0c0000 pid=3102->guuid=25e1e213-1b00-0000-d120-aba02a0c0000 pid=3114 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
92 / 100
Signature
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Drops files in suspicious directories
Modifies the '.bashrc' or '.bash_profile' file typically for persisting actions
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1835252 Sample: mpsl.elf Startdate: 17/12/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 92 76 boberkurwa.phoneparts.icu 89.32.41.172, 32465, 58930, 58932 HOSTMAZEHOSTMAZERO Romania 2->76 78 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->78 80 Yara detected Mirai 2->80 82 Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning) 2->82 8 mpsl.elf 2->8         started        12 systemd mpsl.elf 2->12         started        14 systemd mpsl.elf 2->14         started        16 19 other processes 2->16 signatures3 process4 file5 62 /var/spool/cron/root, ASCII 8->62 dropped 64 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root, ASCII 8->64 dropped 66 /root/.bashrc, ASCII 8->66 dropped 74 3 other malicious files 8->74 dropped 88 Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile 8->88 90 Drops files in suspicious directories 8->90 92 Modifies the '.bashrc' or '.bash_profile' file typically for persisting actions 8->92 94 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 8->94 18 mpsl.elf sh 8->18         started        20 mpsl.elf sh 8->20         started        28 21 other processes 8->28 96 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 12->96 22 mpsl.elf sh 12->22         started        24 mpsl.elf sh 12->24         started        30 17 other processes 12->30 26 mpsl.elf sh 14->26         started        32 14 other processes 14->32 68 /etc/rcS.d/S99sysinit, POSIX 16->68 dropped 70 /etc/init.d/S99sysinit, POSIX 16->70 dropped 72 /etc/network/if-up.d/sysinit, POSIX 16->72 dropped 34 104 other processes 16->34 signatures6 process7 process8 36 2 other processes 18->36 39 2 other processes 20->39 42 2 other processes 22->42 44 2 other processes 24->44 46 2 other processes 26->46 48 23 other processes 28->48 50 17 other processes 30->50 52 13 other processes 32->52 54 95 other processes 34->54 file9 56 /usr/bin/sysinit, ELF 39->56 dropped 58 /usr/sbin/sysinit, ELF 44->58 dropped 60 /usr/lib/libsysinit.so, ELF 46->60 dropped 84 Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations 46->84 86 Drops files in suspicious directories 50->86 signatures10
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-17 18:24:35 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
13 of 24 (54.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Modifies Bash startup script
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
File and Directory Permissions Modification
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7136015-0
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 624c19c03e5e9bfdef482f1c28d01d011f421733710ae603f048ebc629608dfc

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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