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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 20 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8aa0e339b5dde839bcdf1a67813da84cba0f91245bfc304b14f29ad10017c38f
SHA3-384 hash: 6d1c0340ae699d6b00ba0829dec6f9a400fb781ab6656f785d4e49de76055ea22986b0d96ddc73180ad841296669ec34
SHA1 hash: f2e5d430e9aed28d35240bcadea763ea214cd4fe
MD5 hash: 220eb5f5c0a1144bb3c84da594ecae25
humanhash: floor-fish-tennis-winner
File name:x86_64
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:78'816 bytes
First seen:2025-10-29 14:59:49 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:zoUyOy+lDrHRwe4zq8iLeS/KPqZE9jyzne0o+rXc/:zoMy+9xwDzq8iLe7xyznY+r
TLSH T1D5734A47B58584FDC118D17457BF7936C831B4BD1239B2E733C8FE292C0AEA01A6BA56
telfhash t1c4117a372c55386412f767723307ca6a893308a011e5b5b4bf77a9e6df59b801e90433
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 gafgyt mirai upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 7ba458b375ed1c5427bcd8563cc5b4236f56f5135bbc7896d9b0dda55de16ab1
File size (compressed) :35'136 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :78'816 bytes
Format:linux/amd64
Packed file: 7ba458b375ed1c5427bcd8563cc5b4236f56f5135bbc7896d9b0dda55de16ab1

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
36
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Kills processes
Sends data to a server
Receives data from a server
Runs as daemon
Opens a port
DNS request
Substitutes an application name
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2025-08-07T23:49:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-08-08T00:17:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Exploit.Linux.Mvpower.a HEUR:Exploit.Linux.CVE-2017-17215.a HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Detected Mirai
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1804909 Sample: x86_64.elf Startdate: 30/10/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 29 197.213.176.50 ZAIN-ZAMBIAZM Zambia 2->29 31 50.96.76.77 WINDSTREAMUS United States 2->31 33 99 other IPs or domains 2->33 35 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->35 37 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->37 39 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->39 41 5 other signatures 2->41 8 x86_64.elf 2->8         started        10 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 2->10         started        12 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 2->12         started        14 6 other processes 2->14 signatures3 process4 process5 16 x86_64.elf 8->16         started        18 wrapper-2.0 xfpm-power-backlight-helper 10->18         started        process6 20 x86_64.elf 16->20         started        23 x86_64.elf 16->23         started        25 x86_64.elf 16->25         started        27 3 other processes 16->27 signatures7 43 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 20->43
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-10-29 16:29:44 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
28 of 38 (73.68%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:unstable defense_evasion discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Enumerates running processes
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (204510) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Unknown
Tags:
botnet mirai trojan gafgyt
YARA:
MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9e9530a7 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_807911a2 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d4227dbf Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_620087b9 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_0cd591cd Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_33b4111a Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a33a8363 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_520deeb8 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_6a77af0f Linux_Trojan_Mirai_01e4a728 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_e0cf29e2 elf_mirai_auto
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CVE_2017_17215
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2017-17215
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:elf_mirai_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects elf.mirai.
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_0cd591cd
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_33b4111a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_620087b9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_807911a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9e9530a7
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a33a8363
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d4227dbf
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_01e4a728
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_520deeb8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_6a77af0f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_e0cf29e2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF Mirai variant
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1_RID2F39
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects ELF Mirai variant
Reference:Internal Research
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: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 8aa0e339b5dde839bcdf1a67813da84cba0f91245bfc304b14f29ad10017c38f

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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