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Mirai


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 15 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 6d144ff0ea4ee4c4b69c74316a9e0316db85efb4b24eee079238ca699c8d22b4
SHA3-384 hash: 97b4540e982b6d9c2f13a1e58fb1d3714ea4402088911cc78939da7f56d89016587d3fb9ddd3b7c54515db9ddbbcca8a
SHA1 hash: 5a889ee42eb32cb7a09cd1e1fc8d2f7b7297da32
MD5 hash: 8e9f7917a1b1bc84635d22700f5af750
humanhash: fanta-missouri-bacon-missouri
File name:cron
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:140'962 bytes
First seen:2025-09-17 12:22:58 UTC
Last seen:2025-09-18 08:05:27 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:hwaOHeJVzSLCegQCLE/TVkoOSLD0otwO9AASWnjmhRk46RSmQ81mo7qecBbQEDbl:h7RDeidIokDsmQ81mo7qecBbQEDboc
TLSH T165D36D43E703C5F3C4420AF22297AA6A4921BD3B4D3A9D4AF7187DB4AB71CDC7125B94
telfhash t1a64174529d7887242ff39928acad87b30222662353367f72af39c4cc54220a1e539d4f
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 gafgyt mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
46
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Collects information on the OS
Opens a port
Kills processes
Collects information on the CPU
Runs as daemon
Creating a file
Connection attempt
Launching a process
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc lolbin obfuscated remote threat
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-09-17T09:31:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-09-17T09:31:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.h HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.fz HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.cq HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.bj HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.a
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=bddabb08-1900-0000-fc24-be77df0f0000 pid=4063 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=66b3c20a-1900-0000-fc24-be77e90f0000 pid=4073 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=bddabb08-1900-0000-fc24-be77df0f0000 pid=4063->guuid=66b3c20a-1900-0000-fc24-be77e90f0000 pid=4073 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=66b3c20a-1900-0000-fc24-be77e90f0000 pid=4073->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=60cfad0b-1900-0000-fc24-be77ee0f0000 pid=4078 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=66b3c20a-1900-0000-fc24-be77e90f0000 pid=4073->guuid=60cfad0b-1900-0000-fc24-be77ee0f0000 pid=4078 clone guuid=880db20b-1900-0000-fc24-be77ef0f0000 pid=4079 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=66b3c20a-1900-0000-fc24-be77e90f0000 pid=4073->guuid=880db20b-1900-0000-fc24-be77ef0f0000 pid=4079 clone guuid=60cdb70b-1900-0000-fc24-be77f00f0000 pid=4080 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=66b3c20a-1900-0000-fc24-be77e90f0000 pid=4073->guuid=60cdb70b-1900-0000-fc24-be77f00f0000 pid=4080 clone guuid=f499bb0b-1900-0000-fc24-be77f10f0000 pid=4081 /tmp/sample.bin net zombie guuid=60cdb70b-1900-0000-fc24-be77f00f0000 pid=4080->guuid=f499bb0b-1900-0000-fc24-be77f10f0000 pid=4081 clone 92730bb6-2e46-5651-a865-df6b1a22043a 206.123.145.140:65481 guuid=f499bb0b-1900-0000-fc24-be77f10f0000 pid=4081->92730bb6-2e46-5651-a865-df6b1a22043a con
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
88 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Contains symbols with names commonly found in malware
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers
Terminates several processes with shell command 'killall'
Yara detected Gafgyt
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1779211 Sample: cron.elf Startdate: 17/09/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 88 49 206.123.145.140, 65481 LEASEWEB-USA-NYC-11US United States 2->49 51 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->51 53 4 other IPs or domains 2->53 57 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->57 59 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->59 61 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->61 63 3 other signatures 2->63 9 cron.elf 2->9         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 dash cat 2->14         started        16 9 other processes 2->16 signatures3 process4 signatures5 65 Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers 9->65 18 cron.elf 9->18         started        20 cron.elf 9->20         started        22 cron.elf 9->22         started        process6 process7 24 cron.elf sh 18->24         started        26 cron.elf sh 18->26         started        28 cron.elf sh 18->28         started        32 5 other processes 18->32 30 cron.elf 20->30         started        process8 34 sh killall 24->34         started        37 sh killall 26->37         started        39 sh killall 28->39         started        41 sh killall 32->41         started        43 sh killall 32->43         started        45 sh killall 32->45         started        47 2 other processes 32->47 signatures9 55 Terminates several processes with shell command 'killall' 34->55
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-09-17 12:23:39 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 24 (62.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt defense_evasion discovery linux
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Reads system routing table
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan gafgyt Unix.Trojan.Gafgyt-6981154-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_83715433 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6122acdf Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_f51c5ac3 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_27de1106 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_1b2e2a3a elf_bashlite_auto
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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:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' ELF files
Rule name:botnet_plaintext_c2
Author:cip
Description:Attempts to match at least some of the strings used in some botnet variants which use plaintext communication protocols.
Rule name:CP_AllMal_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication
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:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:generic_IG_stealer
Author:RE4rensics
Description:Detects stealers that interacts with IG endpoints after stealing IG cookies
Rule name:Linux_Gafgyt_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_1b2e2a3a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_27de1106
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6122acdf
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_83715433
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_f51c5ac3
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Mal_LNX_Gafgyt_Botnet_ELF
Author:Phatcharadol Thangplub
Description:Use to detect Gafgyt botnet, and there variants.
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 6d144ff0ea4ee4c4b69c74316a9e0316db85efb4b24eee079238ca699c8d22b4

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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