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Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 6a4ea4856f3869b9c9fdde112be8cf1dfb03f7bb37b8cd64e974367aac64495b
SHA3-384 hash: 02a70a446431ae715743ab23aae14361d6e917e007f8446b44afdc1d469d794e63ad36fa4c743a49ebf44d9e37aa5e23
SHA1 hash: 369291e550bcdfbebb58bc7ceacc84f2991090a8
MD5 hash: e623abf1eb0262289b6765648c3afe0a
humanhash: mango-vegan-montana-asparagus
File name:xd.arm7
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:412'028 bytes
First seen:2026-08-01 16:46:16 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:kWziCjLXECA/WfkxbwWe648XDH8pLB/3:thW4kVw/
TLSH T11494E09AF7572E42C8C7867518C64146574DE59B33F393463B43AABB38293368F283C9
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
70
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Receives data from a server
Runs as daemon
Opens a port
Collects information on the CPU
Kills critical processes
Substitutes an application name
Traces processes
Deleting of the original file
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade mirai obfuscated
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=3b5082a8-1700-0000-fe73-ccd1150c0000 pid=3093 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=f7558fab-1700-0000-fe73-ccd1170c0000 pid=3095 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=3b5082a8-1700-0000-fe73-ccd1150c0000 pid=3093->guuid=f7558fab-1700-0000-fe73-ccd1170c0000 pid=3095 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-01 16:47:40 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 36 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads CPU attributes
Reads system network configuration
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Deletes itself
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Traces itself
Contacts a large (141919) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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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:CVE_2017_17215
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2017-17215
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:enterpriseunix2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise UNIX
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:Linux_Exploit_CVE_2017_17215_8b78a857
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Exploit code used in the ZeroBot malware
Rule name:Linux_Exploit_CVE_2018_10562_badc0676
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Exploit code used in the ZeroBot malware
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_1ac392ca
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:malwareelf55503
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_Oct19
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious single byte XORed keyword 'Mozilla/5.0' - it uses yara's XOR modifier and therefore cannot print the XOR key. You can use the CyberChef recipe linked in the reference field to brute force the used key.
Reference:https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=XOR_Brute_Force()
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_RID2DB4
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
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:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 6a4ea4856f3869b9c9fdde112be8cf1dfb03f7bb37b8cd64e974367aac64495b

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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