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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 16 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 6e55fc8ea2db42fdd70c8456394b9fd22875d361ff0f40fb6bb1e926e7b8182d
SHA3-384 hash: d630926736aa58c3bb6482735a56e84db4f26857abd72af559395818caebe7b1476c7353b906b50e4e86d2c5ba4defa2
SHA1 hash: 2dae6808dd6f14813239570e187e46c405f93d28
MD5 hash: c978c9aaadcbbf42c7d5f8f4d90dec2e
humanhash: mobile-early-one-magazine
File name:6e55fc8ea2db42fdd70c8456394b9fd22875d361ff0f40fb6bb1e926e7b8182d.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:71'984 bytes
First seen:2026-08-20 07:25:51 UTC
Last seen:2026-08-20 23:21:59 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:jgWmXGAfgmpTsxmsDrmAOLWBaLOOd5eI7ka7sfF:jgDWAf5pTsosDrmAEPLOO29aof
TLSH T15A63F881F8CB45F1C50B493460EBF33FCA32D57A90715A6DEF99DE22DB67602911224D
telfhash t16d11c1fc1e7704acb7c06840860a5721766da373256076b701b36db8129ee0354bbd7d
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 whack_sh
Tags:elf exe mirai whack.sh

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
186
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
DNS request
Sends data to a server
Runs as daemon
Mounts file systems
Opens a port
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
bashlite botnet exploit mirai obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
0
Number of processes launched:
7
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=fa24083e-1700-0000-5959-311bae0c0000 pid=3246 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=fd1cb83f-1700-0000-5959-311bb40c0000 pid=3252 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=fa24083e-1700-0000-5959-311bae0c0000 pid=3246->guuid=fd1cb83f-1700-0000-5959-311bb40c0000 pid=3252 execve guuid=c5dbed3f-1700-0000-5959-311bb50c0000 pid=3253 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=fd1cb83f-1700-0000-5959-311bb40c0000 pid=3252->guuid=c5dbed3f-1700-0000-5959-311bb50c0000 pid=3253 clone guuid=eb12f13f-1700-0000-5959-311bb60c0000 pid=3254 /tmp/sample.bin dns net send-data zombie guuid=fd1cb83f-1700-0000-5959-311bb40c0000 pid=3252->guuid=eb12f13f-1700-0000-5959-311bb60c0000 pid=3254 clone 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=eb12f13f-1700-0000-5959-311bb60c0000 pid=3254->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 send: 160B 3c4de561-b49b-5c4c-8dfa-586d40821e5e 46.151.182.200:60195 guuid=eb12f13f-1700-0000-5959-311bb60c0000 pid=3254->3c4de561-b49b-5c4c-8dfa-586d40821e5e send: 7B guuid=a1d9a440-1700-0000-5959-311bb90c0000 pid=3257 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=eb12f13f-1700-0000-5959-311bb60c0000 pid=3254->guuid=a1d9a440-1700-0000-5959-311bb90c0000 pid=3257 clone guuid=9b71a840-1700-0000-5959-311bba0c0000 pid=3258 /tmp/sample.bin dns net send-data guuid=eb12f13f-1700-0000-5959-311bb60c0000 pid=3254->guuid=9b71a840-1700-0000-5959-311bba0c0000 pid=3258 clone guuid=b316c740-1700-0000-5959-311bbc0c0000 pid=3260 /tmp/sample.bin net-scan send-data guuid=eb12f13f-1700-0000-5959-311bb60c0000 pid=3254->guuid=b316c740-1700-0000-5959-311bbc0c0000 pid=3260 clone guuid=9b71a840-1700-0000-5959-311bba0c0000 pid=3258->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 send: 160B guuid=9b71a840-1700-0000-5959-311bba0c0000 pid=3258->3c4de561-b49b-5c4c-8dfa-586d40821e5e send: 7B guuid=a414f040-1700-0000-5959-311bbd0c0000 pid=3261 /tmp/sample.bin net-scan send-data guuid=9b71a840-1700-0000-5959-311bba0c0000 pid=3258->guuid=a414f040-1700-0000-5959-311bbd0c0000 pid=3261 clone guuid=b316c740-1700-0000-5959-311bbc0c0000 pid=3260|network network activity to 4097 IP addresses review logs to see them all guuid=b316c740-1700-0000-5959-311bbc0c0000 pid=3260->guuid=b316c740-1700-0000-5959-311bbc0c0000 pid=3260|network network guuid=a414f040-1700-0000-5959-311bbd0c0000 pid=3261|network network activity to 4097 IP addresses review logs to see them all guuid=a414f040-1700-0000-5959-311bbd0c0000 pid=3261->guuid=a414f040-1700-0000-5959-311bbd0c0000 pid=3261|network network
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-20 07:43:30 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 botnet defense_evasion linux
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
46.151.182.200
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:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_da28eb8b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0cb1699c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0d73971c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_268aac0b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_2e3f67a9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_485c4b13
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_575f5bc8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_70ef58f1
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_7d05725e
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
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 6e55fc8ea2db42fdd70c8456394b9fd22875d361ff0f40fb6bb1e926e7b8182d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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