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Database Entry

Mirai

Vendor detections: 9

Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 11 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	6ab161cdd94f00b8d81480fa781270d2be43bf1e77e1d48fb4a5c8c6552b4b4e
SHA3-384 hash:	135e69d5eb5334d08269b7c7905afbd56032ab2b7a7b63f4826144fd4e26bdae80532be73135b1c60cd4af02e3ff2775
SHA1 hash:	5bc493f7d6fa78c682b56c9494851249ebc6c0ce
MD5 hash:	903ebb7a8910a310791d044b147d791c
humanhash:	happy-low-monkey-indigo
File name:	na
Download:	download sample
Signature	Mirai Create hunting rule
File size:	1'288'875 bytes
First seen:	2026-11-13 17:09:06 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	elf
MIME type:	application/x-executable
ssdeep	24576:S7PjxB4gb5n8X1zaP7axA+d+a4TIucpWETPjkjcSJ:SDjxB4m5n8XlaPWi+d+a4TjxQP43
TLSH	T105556BBBF2A770BCC167D030478BCBA2AC35B4B501212D7B61C4A9763D62DE11766B27
telfhash	t10ad1bb700bf635b061dbca20f343f1754d3214ba65f439e42662be88ef95e414c6e52b
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 Prometei

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

No detections

Detection(s):

Unix.Trojan.Prometei-10045451-0

Unix.Trojan.Prometei-10045459-0

Verdict:

Unknown

Threat level:

2.5/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

base64 gcc

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6af744f851d768a93e8af761/reports/99e5233b-ef30-46ab-b511-b46cb3bb49ba/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Uses P2P?:

false

Uses anti-vm?:

false

Architecture:

x86

Packer:

not packed

Botnet:

unknown

Number of open files:

123

Number of processes launched:

Processes remaning?

true

Remote TCP ports scanned:

not identified

Full report:

https://elfdigest.com/brief/6ab161cdd94f00b8d81480fa781270d2be43bf1e77e1d48fb4a5c8c6552b4b4e

Behaviour

Persistence

Process Renaming

Botnet C2s

TCP botnet C2(s):

not identified

UDP botnet C2(s):

not identified

Status:

terminated

Link:

https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/123422a2-a726-4b5d-af67-029c9ffb602d

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Verdict:

Suspicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/9e8a237e-ed48-487e-be93-253e1c3bcde4

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

ELF

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/6ab161cdd94f00b8d81480fa781270d2be43bf1e77e1d48fb4a5c8c6552b4b4e

Detection:

mirai

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/6ab161cdd94f00b8d81480fa781270d2be43bf1e77e1d48fb4a5c8c6552b4b4e/

Gathering data

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=nkywdtozj4alrwauqd5hqetq2k7ehpy6o7q5jd5uuxemmvjljnha._file

Result

Malware family:

prometei_elf

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:prometei_elf botnet discovery linux miner persistence privilege_escalation

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/261113-vn6kvsyv3m/

Behaviour

Reads runtime system information

Reads CPU attributes

Enumerates running processes

Modifies systemd

Write file to user bin folder

Deletes itself

Modifies the /etc/hosts DNS resolution file

Family: Prometei

Prometei payload

Malware Family:

prometei

Malicious:

True

Tags:

elf 64bit

Link:

https://intel.virussign.com/intelligence/file/6ab161cdd94f00b8d81480fa781270d2be43bf1e77e1d48fb4a5c8c6552b4b4e

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 Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries

Rule name:	exploit_any_poppopret Create hunting rule
Author:	Jeff White [karttoon@gmail.com] @noottrak
Description:	Identify POP -> POP -> RET opcodes for quick ROP Gadget creation in target binaries.

Rule name:	F01_s1ckrule Create hunting rule
Author:	s1ckb017

Rule name:	Linux_Hacktool_Flooder_1a4eb229 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Linux_Hacktool_Flooder_f454ec10 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security
Reference:	0297e1ad6e180af85256a175183102776212d324a2ce0c4f32e8a44a2e2e9dad

Rule name:	malwareelf55503 Create hunting rule

Rule name:	MIRAI_OHSHIT_payload Create hunting rule
Author:	AfterPacket
Description:	MIRAI_OHSHIT ELF payload -- compiled-in C2 set, all architectures
Reference:	https://github.com/Afterpacket/drosera-threat-intel

Rule name:	Prometei_Main Create hunting rule
Author:	@bartblaze
Description:	Identifies Prometei botnet main modules.
Reference:	https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.prometei

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE Create hunting rule
Author:	CYFARE
Description:	Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:	https://cyfare.net/

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

File information

The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf 6ab161cdd94f00b8d81480fa781270d2be43bf1e77e1d48fb4a5c8c6552b4b4e

(this sample)

Delivery method

Distributed via web download

URLhaus

https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/4060987/

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