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Database Entry
Mirai
Vendor detections: 12
| SHA256 hash: | 8b944f00ebb2e5f2c8fd8257724808980d2ace4353a4a76b7da6ae7e90ee6dac |
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| SHA3-384 hash: | fc1881e955c447851438eedd7b709a62e09e4bf1cfc3d83749a5ec0081d167cd29a9a17eac7303798c29d800b9496a63 |
| SHA1 hash: | 028f62c240b835f11c42d9354234aaa34aa14f02 |
| MD5 hash: | 9363a4175657e9c2249494432a0d9bfc |
| humanhash: | california-florida-monkey-purple |
| File name: | x86 |
| Download: | download sample |
| Signature | Mirai |
| File size: | 95'368 bytes |
| First seen: | 2025-12-17 18:24:17 UTC |
| Last seen: | Never |
| File type: | elf |
| MIME type: | application/x-executable |
| ssdeep | 1536:BjCDWXjbDcRTp/swfQVy0QggkmUCdhGAYe8Tl+7bO3ibAMLE1rLo/ongWsmrVq6e:B+DWXj0ZNswfsy5ggkmUghGi2lSAMQvs |
| TLSH | T1B3938EC0EA43D8F5EC1605747137F7338A76E93E112ADE87CB985E329966A01C92736C |
| telfhash | t14731e5f956ab1ce95bd0a442a24e5f31ec0d6a7b046076a102f3e835321b942527ac3d |
| 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 :
37
Origin country :
DEVendor 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
Kills processes
Launching a process
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Manages services
Creating a file
Runs as daemon
Sets a written file as executable
Opens a port
DNS request
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
opendir
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-12-17T16:15:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-19T05:58:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
Malware family:
Mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
Result
Threat name:
Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Drops files in suspicious directories
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Modifies the '.bashrc' or '.bash_profile' file typically for persisting actions
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-17 18:26:24 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
20 of 38 (52.63%)
Threat level:
5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Result
Malware family:
mirai
Score:
10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:wicked botnet defense_evasion discovery execution linux persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Modifies Bash startup script
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Write file to user bin folder
File and Directory Permissions Modification
Mirai
Mirai family
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan gafgyt mirai Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7136015-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_5bf62ce4 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_fa3ad9d0 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d Linux_Trojan_Mirai_93fc3657 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_99d78950 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_5f7b67b8 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_a68e498c Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f Linux_Trojan_Mirai_ae9d0fa6 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Legit
Score:
0.20
YARA Signatures
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| Rule name: | Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_5bf62ce4 |
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| Author: | Elastic Security |
| Rule name: | Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9 |
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| Author: | Elastic Security |
| Rule name: | Linux_Trojan_Mirai_5f7b67b8 |
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| Author: | Elastic Security |
| Rule name: | Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f |
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| Author: | Elastic Security |
| Rule name: | Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3 |
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| Author: | Elastic Security |
| Rule name: | Linux_Trojan_Mirai_93fc3657 |
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| Author: | Elastic Security |
| Rule name: | Linux_Trojan_Mirai_99d78950 |
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| Author: | Elastic Security |
| Rule name: | Linux_Trojan_Mirai_a68e498c |
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| Author: | Elastic Security |
| Rule name: | Linux_Trojan_Mirai_ae9d0fa6 |
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| Author: | Elastic Security |
| Rule name: | Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d |
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| Author: | Elastic Security |
| Rule name: | Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b |
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| Author: | Elastic Security |
| Rule name: | Linux_Trojan_Mirai_fa3ad9d0 |
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| Author: | Elastic Security |
| Rule name: | unixredflags3 |
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| 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
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
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