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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8b918c279b93885546dbcd097fbd9cdb945131094c6a830e2dfd9491448ffcb5
SHA3-384 hash: 1ee67be3897d64a775a38a7e0795bf6aa8c998d751e8ca2aff0e357282d68a3490326c0cb9e0708a4d56ec5a623e61d4
SHA1 hash: c016c3b86a390507a419d7b739e61f118bd0824d
MD5 hash: e39c0471312443aa59c2e65724621c33
humanhash: indigo-tennis-green-grey
File name:cwlfkwnt.armv8
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:1'100'546 bytes
First seen:2026-09-23 23:36:21 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 24576:29B1Fk+HXyG9NyZJejJbsQ256J4nk8qhyYQ:2VBCGvvdAQc6J4nk2YQ
TLSH T1F5356C5DFD4F3C43C2C6E23DEB8A83E47127B098D62351A335C2035DE6C9D998B6295A
telfhash t149a012020880810c0177ab114c95034910414833e81a3d551e0cda400410008034886a
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

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
50
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Opens a port
Locks files
Connection attempt
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm anti-vm base64 gcc
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=ab5b338a-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e160a0000 pid=2582 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=f195608c-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e1a0a0000 pid=2586 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=ab5b338a-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e160a0000 pid=2582->guuid=f195608c-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e1a0a0000 pid=2586 execve guuid=2d66e18d-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e1f0a0000 pid=2591 /usr/bin/dash guuid=f195608c-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e1a0a0000 pid=2586->guuid=2d66e18d-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e1f0a0000 pid=2591 clone guuid=e006e88d-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e200a0000 pid=2592 /usr/bin/dash guuid=f195608c-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e1a0a0000 pid=2586->guuid=e006e88d-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e200a0000 pid=2592 clone guuid=a8cdf68d-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e210a0000 pid=2593 /usr/bin/dash guuid=f195608c-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e1a0a0000 pid=2586->guuid=a8cdf68d-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e210a0000 pid=2593 clone guuid=bbee028e-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e220a0000 pid=2594 /usr/bin/dash guuid=f195608c-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e1a0a0000 pid=2586->guuid=bbee028e-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e220a0000 pid=2594 clone guuid=1dcc078e-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e230a0000 pid=2595 /usr/bin/dash guuid=f195608c-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e1a0a0000 pid=2586->guuid=1dcc078e-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e230a0000 pid=2595 clone guuid=b17d258e-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e240a0000 pid=2596 /usr/bin/dash guuid=1dcc078e-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e230a0000 pid=2595->guuid=b17d258e-1c00-0000-38fe-0c2e240a0000 pid=2596 clone
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-23 23:37:31 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
12 of 36 (33.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
linux
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
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:Hunt_DVR_Exploit_CommandInjection
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects common shell command injection signatures and payloads associated with DVR/NVR exploitation
Rule name:iot_req_metachar
Rule name:ldpreload
Author:xorseed
Reference:https://stuff.rop.io/
Rule name:malwareelf55503
Rule name:MIRAI_OHSHIT_payload
Author:AfterPacket
Description:MIRAI_OHSHIT ELF payload -- compiled-in C2 set, all architectures
Reference:https://github.com/Afterpacket/drosera-threat-intel
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:test_rule_vldslv
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information


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

Web download

Mirai

elf 8b918c279b93885546dbcd097fbd9cdb945131094c6a830e2dfd9491448ffcb5

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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