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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 6cd91e8f07e185d406e442572811531dfa2480e030fae3e3c707981474bd9c15
SHA3-384 hash: 198a3ccf4336a9a4fbb12897ab47f2e31824f63b5a02bdc9965337521a24d7203bcdb6e64fbc08c0cb708cf01547a1b2
SHA1 hash: 4fbfa6134d54406c5d080fc4696090b41fbecdf2
MD5 hash: 48bb3bbfd3f3c74cfb2de7a41b593a69
humanhash: moon-magnesium-lactose-aspen
File name:morte.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:130'856 bytes
First seen:2025-11-09 05:16:19 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:8aiYsGzztZT5gdKkIeTvIuPXMo9LuARWt9HItR4XVwpX37XZ8f8niXjB3yt7/1:ZtsSrTmdnIeTvIuvXLUtWpXrXSl6t
TLSH T149D3F809BF610EFBE8DFDD3705E90745248C582622A97B75B630D818B64B28F1AE3D74
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-dec


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abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 364de0d95e47036ac3bef19c19508a5a529db86c4e99b4849721efb6b2b51e47
File size (compressed) :47'192 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :130'856 bytes
Format:linux/mipsel
Packed file: 364de0d95e47036ac3bef19c19508a5a529db86c4e99b4849721efb6b2b51e47

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
81
Origin country :
NL NL
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:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
botnet masquerade mirai obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
7
Number of processes launched:
1
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-11-09T03:18:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-09T04:31:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=a2a04c58-1800-0000-3ea8-f165fb0c0000 pid=3323 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=b5c9905a-1800-0000-3ea8-f165fc0c0000 pid=3324 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=a2a04c58-1800-0000-3ea8-f165fb0c0000 pid=3323->guuid=b5c9905a-1800-0000-3ea8-f165fc0c0000 pid=3324 execve
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Detected Mirai
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses dynamic DNS services
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1810813 Sample: morte.mpsl.elf Startdate: 09/11/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 32 teamc2.duckdns.org 2->32 34 156.159.153.6, 37215 airtel-tz-asTZ Tanzania United Republic of 2->34 36 99 other IPs or domains 2->36 38 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->38 40 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->40 42 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->42 46 4 other signatures 2->46 8 morte.mpsl.elf 2->8         started        10 dash rm 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 python3.8 dpkg 2->14         started        signatures3 44 Uses dynamic DNS services 32->44 process4 process5 16 morte.mpsl.elf 8->16         started        18 morte.mpsl.elf 8->18         started        20 morte.mpsl.elf 8->20         started        22 4 other processes 8->22 process6 24 morte.mpsl.elf 16->24         started        26 morte.mpsl.elf 16->26         started        28 morte.mpsl.elf 16->28         started        30 3 other processes 16->30
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-09 05:17:15 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Enumerates running processes
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (418899) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
teamc2.duckdns.org
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
botnet mirai Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7100807-0
YARA:
Mirai_Botnet_Malware
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: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:Mirai_Botnet_Malware
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Mirai_Botnet_Malware_RID2EF6
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
Reference:Internal Research
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:unixredflags3
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 6cd91e8f07e185d406e442572811531dfa2480e030fae3e3c707981474bd9c15

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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