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Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 11 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 7a4ec49e15f8a707fbad1497b4481f9cf4ad8ddf1efcd8bfee52b953467e3ded
SHA3-384 hash: 272ab79e1c12751534f43a739a1dd2c31ca0ce65581afae084b5ce281155711f722e68658d1ff2b672eb45c5c594a1b8
SHA1 hash: 96d4704e441e8510fa004d70d37a5952045fee2e
MD5 hash: e94907a2737e0aa38efd08337b4ceb39
humanhash: cat-oxygen-missouri-sad
File name:mpsl
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Signature Mirai
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File size:296'800 bytes
First seen:2026-08-16 21:18:33 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:iv5tHndHiDrKU2rybKaNYrkt7VOlssM7khWotu:iZHiLeaNAlssM7khWotu
TLSH T1C354D80AAFB20EFBD86BCD3706E51606258C641722983F35763CD518FB4B54B4AE3D68
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 :
75
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Sanesecurity.Malware.32133.LX.BOT.UNOFFICIAL
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Unix.Trojan.Mirai-9441505-0
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Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Kills processes
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Launching a process
Collects information on the network activity
Runs as daemon
Receives data from a server
Connection attempt
Creating a file
Creates directories in a subdirectory of a temporary directory
Deleting a recently created file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Collects information on the OS
Removes directories from a subdirectory of a temporary directory
Sends data to a server
Creates directories in a temporary directory
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-16T06:31:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-16T06:45:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/7a4ec49e15f8a707fbad1497b4481f9cf4ad8ddf1efcd8bfee52b953467e3ded/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/9750d8d0-b026-432f-bec6-5ad5de4f35ed
Behavior Graph:
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%3 guuid=d628ab0c-1c00-0000-73cc-f0ac4e0c0000 pid=3150 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=752fb30e-1c00-0000-73cc-f0ac520c0000 pid=3154 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=d628ab0c-1c00-0000-73cc-f0ac4e0c0000 pid=3150->guuid=752fb30e-1c00-0000-73cc-f0ac520c0000 pid=3154 execve
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/88400a05-3a64-49ba-babc-52fe7d7fa27d
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/7a4ec49e15f8a707fbad1497b4481f9cf4ad8ddf1efcd8bfee52b953467e3ded
Detection:
mirai
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Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/7a4ec49e15f8a707fbad1497b4481f9cf4ad8ddf1efcd8bfee52b953467e3ded/
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-16 12:20:42 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 36 (52.78%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=pjhmjhqv7ctqp65ncsl3isa7tt2k3do7d36nrp7okk4vgrt6hxwq._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260816-z6hc7sxejf/
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Deletes itself
Contacts a large (62193) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:CVE_2017_17215
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Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2017-17215
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
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Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
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Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
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Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:Linux_Exploit_CVE_2017_17215_8b78a857
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Author:Elastic Security
Description:Exploit code used in the ZeroBot malware
Rule name:Linux_Exploit_CVE_2018_10562_badc0676
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Author:Elastic Security
Description:Exploit code used in the ZeroBot malware
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
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Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Rootkit_Generic_61229bdf
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
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Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information

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Web download

Mirai

elf 7a4ec49e15f8a707fbad1497b4481f9cf4ad8ddf1efcd8bfee52b953467e3ded

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3904517/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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