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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 7a362ac503cebfd6be07a8473e56931e6c70b7b6773345c85a669cc0be050e45
SHA3-384 hash: 079827aff2707450cadcecfef35988d751f11c5c426bf5bcffc291899eeebfa801f754c3696976f538f99c69c4f287dc
SHA1 hash: 2c851098c2b4b00d2750cb0579985f2c508ec398
MD5 hash: b788670b1a3111d69a8b95dcc44a48b9
humanhash: april-princess-steak-mockingbird
File name:i486
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:91'640 bytes
First seen:2026-03-02 15:00:44 UTC
Last seen:2026-03-02 15:28:36 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:mKU21lf+ATENHQUlfp8UgbSHUOUO31krKo7UurpiHW9n/wbZnzr:Pr1ZfgjlR8U+wyrYyphh/wbZn3
TLSH T10C933B85F783E4F0D94A0AB0115FF73A7631DD322124DD7ADBD4BE63EC22A029456A6C
telfhash t12141f5fa1aaa1ce8a7d58400d24f2f71696cb63f325037e646f2e42523637816237c3d
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 :
2
# of downloads :
67
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Creates directories in a temporary directory
Kills processes
Mounts file systems
Creating a file
Sets a written file as executable
Creates directories in a system directory
Runs as daemon
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Opens a port
DNS request
Substitutes an application name
Deletes a system binary file
Kills critical processes
Deleting of the original file
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
botnet mirai rust
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
111
Number of processes launched:
8
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Persistence
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Threat name:
Mirai, Moobot
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Yara detected Mirai
Yara detected Moobot
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1876859 Sample: i486.elf Startdate: 02/03/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 54 alanbotnet.dpdns.org 2->54 56 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->56 58 2 other IPs or domains 2->58 62 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->62 64 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->64 66 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->66 68 2 other signatures 2->68 8 i486.elf 2->8         started        12 xfce4-session xfce4-panel 2->12         started        14 udisksd dumpe2fs 2->14         started        16 24 other processes 2->16 signatures3 process4 file5 46 /etc/profile.d/zzz_path_hack.sh, ASCII 8->46 dropped 48 /etc/profile, ASCII 8->48 dropped 50 /etc/crontab, ASCII 8->50 dropped 52 9 other files (none is malicious) 8->52 dropped 72 Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile 8->72 74 Sample deletes itself 8->74 76 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 8->76 18 i486.elf 8->18         started        21 i486.elf 8->21         started        23 i486.elf 8->23         started        31 3 other processes 8->31 25 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 12->25         started        27 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 12->27         started        29 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 12->29         started        33 6 other processes 12->33 signatures6 process7 signatures8 60 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 18->60 35 i486.elf 18->35         started        38 i486.elf 18->38         started        40 i486.elf 18->40         started        42 wrapper-2.0 xfpm-power-backlight-helper 25->42         started        44 wrapper-2.0 xfpm-power-backlight-helper 27->44         started        process9 signatures10 70 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 35->70
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-03-02 15:01:25 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
26 of 38 (68.42%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
credential_access defense_evasion discovery execution linux persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Modifies Bash startup script
Reads process memory
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Deletes itself
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:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_3a56423b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_6e8e9257
Author:Elastic Security
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: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 7a362ac503cebfd6be07a8473e56931e6c70b7b6773345c85a669cc0be050e45

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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