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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8d2ae2cfacb04dba52ece70e4c3138328cb9111701d55c7e6d0fff146b608038
SHA3-384 hash: 5b5a2b8ab1f132ce179006126a5987355ee6bb98bfe0607470341eb8b848480882644f90f5c6d66b7e4684044237fb3c
SHA1 hash: be9954487396f83097db9e7333866aedc05cd3c9
MD5 hash: ca8a3b20723cd262b372f64f3fd72774
humanhash: idaho-cardinal-sierra-edward
File name:main_sh4
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:125'760 bytes
First seen:2025-07-20 00:35:51 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:F6QfcU97Oe8rQorjE4811OXKcqC+xK75CKLA4y6O3VAWicm1vcUhh7:ffcpBls1AafjY7G4yTAWRmBrV
TLSH T1E9C36AA3C8292F58C665D5B4B0749F782B53A5A082875FBE1977C3B48087DCDF601BB8
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 :
17
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=5b6fbe07-1800-0000-b2d3-5ad0f10c0000 pid=3313 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=72d3cb0a-1800-0000-b2d3-5ad0f20c0000 pid=3314 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=5b6fbe07-1800-0000-b2d3-5ad0f10c0000 pid=3313->guuid=72d3cb0a-1800-0000-b2d3-5ad0f20c0000 pid=3314 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
80 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1740273 Sample: main_sh4.elf Startdate: 20/07/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 80 27 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->27 29 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->29 31 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->31 33 Yara detected Mirai 2->33 8 main_sh4.elf 2->8         started        process3 process4 10 main_sh4.elf sh 8->10         started        process5 12 sh crontab 10->12         started        16 sh 10->16         started        file6 25 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.4fb2Lt, ASCII 12->25 dropped 37 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 12->37 39 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 12->39 18 sh crontab 16->18         started        21 sh crontab 16->21         started        23 sh grep 16->23         started        signatures7 process8 signatures9 35 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 18->35
Threat name:
Linux.Exploit.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-07-20 00:36:25 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 24 (62.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai linux
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan gafgyt Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7136288-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c Linux_Gafgyt_May_2024
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
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 8d2ae2cfacb04dba52ece70e4c3138328cb9111701d55c7e6d0fff146b608038

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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