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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 79f5aa00f16e9497609f034dbc510c2f783b6484ef4fbb7ff2f6e57d16edd0f0
SHA3-384 hash: aa817bb51a257acb21b8d995fc63dba173b8a85841d79cdfa84116db4800048543adaeb8e21040b9943881c321584746
SHA1 hash: 8a9a6b0db5f7c06f1d848013adc87b38bba7de79
MD5 hash: ec3d0a9b82ee7438058d46b31e72dc5c
humanhash: robert-magazine-sink-five
File name:mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:210'536 bytes
First seen:2025-03-26 22:22:26 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:UtEYT1lJKMs+uRhZqImyYvZQJIKOAE4DKh+AwCk0daRPbDrksHW2xMElYunIrzL:TYT1C7YcO34+QAMNRw2Pznw/
TLSH T11D247386BF613FFFC81ECD3742A5CA05129C890A52D4BF766A34D518B69B10A9DD3C8C
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

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
85
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
DNS request
Unmounts file systems
Kills processes
Opens a port
Creating a file
Mounts file systems
Runs as daemon
Substitutes an application name
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
lolbin remote
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
Result
Verdict:
UNKNOWN
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
52 / 100
Signature
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-03-26 22:23:18 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
11 of 36 (30.56%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
credential_access discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads process memory
Enumerates running processes
Renames itself
Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
Contacts a large (17622) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Trojan.Mirai-9885259-0
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 79f5aa00f16e9497609f034dbc510c2f783b6484ef4fbb7ff2f6e57d16edd0f0

(this sample)

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh

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