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Mirai


Vendor detections: 5


Intelligence 5 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 6b697aac4b61f7afa4bbaa6702ccb5950816fa2d78cbbb0824fd313233ba0dc8
SHA3-384 hash: bd462ba449ae9e37d46592c67aa7096eb4a1f9833c693c2982208d11d3fe0b71ad33e1fa3e214f4df7f040277ad8ef17
SHA1 hash: a09c0093bbbdeeca901f7e04ab822aa0d723e2d6
MD5 hash: 1df6a681b1211d63121536c7362f4ed4
humanhash: oranges-eighteen-sixteen-music
File name:putita.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:79'108 bytes
First seen:2026-07-15 23:39:28 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 1536:X/AVZCeJxnFemJxeYhq3uUho7gHsG6Y8DNOTOmPElt4cmb8n02iWd:XN2n5Jxeqq+bmsGU5Onit4cmbs02v
TLSH T139731257CEED5F76D182F6FEA607A943C2AD2602BFC8031832041E74699A5F1B21F434
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai UPX
File size (compressed) :79'108 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :180'928 bytes
Format:linux/mipsel
Unpacked file: 7210622578575fd6bb66077e752fef26aea3dfc790499d35ffb8a2aa11c6cdf5

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
73
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade packed upx
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=41c29ee6-1a00-0000-efb5-7112b80a0000 pid=2744 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=b49796ea-1a00-0000-efb5-7112be0a0000 pid=2750 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=41c29ee6-1a00-0000-efb5-7112b80a0000 pid=2744->guuid=b49796ea-1a00-0000-efb5-7112be0a0000 pid=2750 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
88 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Modifies the '.bashrc' or '.bash_profile' file typically for persisting actions
Protects files from modification
Sample deletes itself
Sample is packed with UPX
Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1943205 Sample: putita.mpsl.elf Startdate: 16/07/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 88 49 64.89.163.215, 59908, 59910, 59912 NETIFACE-TORONTO-NetifaceAmericaIncUS Germany 2->49 53 Sample is packed with UPX 2->53 9 putita.mpsl.elf 2->9         started        signatures3 process4 file5 41 /usr/lib/kworker-helper, ELF 9->41 dropped 43 /root/.bashrc, ASCII 9->43 dropped 45 /etc/systemd/system/kworker-helper.service, ASCII 9->45 dropped 47 3 other malicious files 9->47 dropped 61 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 9->61 63 Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile 9->63 65 Drops files in suspicious directories 9->65 67 3 other signatures 9->67 13 putita.mpsl.elf sh 9->13         started        15 putita.mpsl.elf sh 9->15         started        17 putita.mpsl.elf chattr 9->17         started        20 6 other processes 9->20 signatures6 process7 signatures8 22 sh crontab 13->22         started        26 sh 13->26         started        28 sh crontab 15->28         started        51 Protects files from modification 17->51 30 putita.mpsl.elf 20->30         started        32 putita.mpsl.elf 20->32         started        34 putita.mpsl.elf 20->34         started        process9 file10 39 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.QQOYiD, ASCII 22->39 dropped 57 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 22->57 59 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 22->59 36 sh crontab 26->36         started        signatures11 process12 signatures13 55 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 36->55
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Modifies Bash startup script
UPX packed file
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Deletes itself
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:elf_arm_mips_ko_so
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


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Web download

Mirai

elf 6b697aac4b61f7afa4bbaa6702ccb5950816fa2d78cbbb0824fd313233ba0dc8

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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