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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 840d6303cf94d4dd8d2bc8d4718535efaee87be41a36b8278f4460efd0e4b912
SHA3-384 hash: 1b790571f1a4ba56b99b1455b3101d4915377a2c1c0c6506634d8b777f7d4bf89ae1f87bd92865f401f11824fb5a3d51
SHA1 hash: 667155b8b5f81b211ffec170e88f86c1dcdfa833
MD5 hash: f463f69f6c375019af283bc28eb7c85a
humanhash: robin-mountain-jig-tennessee
File name:putita.arm7
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:198'320 bytes
First seen:2026-08-24 15:52:20 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 6144:sRlx8s/kMmKTUQ4g8O592I0zMp0No9MpM1J5km:2lF/kMTTUQ4g8O78UNMi15
TLSH T117143A95F890DE52C6D5267AF96E518C331313B8D2DAB106CD244F38B7EB85E0F3A942
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai upx-dec


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abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 f7e1104b45cc7ee10120174be0218abc628e780b2c598d796cd4c50f647f6322
File size (compressed) :88'104 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :198'320 bytes
Format:linux/arm
Packed file: f7e1104b45cc7ee10120174be0218abc628e780b2c598d796cd4c50f647f6322

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
71
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Opens a port
Creating a file
Launching a process
Connection attempt
Sets a written file as executable
Runs as daemon
Creates or modifies symbolic links
Receives data from a server
Changes access rights for a written file
Sends data to a server
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system directory
Deleting of the original file
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc masquerade mirai rust
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
52
Number of processes launched:
16
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Persistence
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-24T14:34:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-25T23:28:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=5567a490-1800-0000-0b63-b3b1d70b0000 pid=3031 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=74c91e93-1800-0000-0b63-b3b1d80b0000 pid=3032 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=5567a490-1800-0000-0b63-b3b1d70b0000 pid=3031->guuid=74c91e93-1800-0000-0b63-b3b1d80b0000 pid=3032 execve
Gathering data
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-24 15:53:22 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (SO)
AV detection:
11 of 24 (45.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Modifies Bash startup script
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Modifies init.d
Deletes itself
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:elf_arm_mips_ko_so
Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags
Rule name:woof_mirai_variant
Author:Nokia Deepfield ERT
Description:Detects Woof Mirai variant (ChaCha20 table, HTTP C2 with token/guid, .woof dropper)
Reference:Internal analysis of sample 6ef4ce02

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

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Mirai

elf 840d6303cf94d4dd8d2bc8d4718535efaee87be41a36b8278f4460efd0e4b912

(this sample)

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