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Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8ed8684e37fed57d6a517549a3c33a47c965bd2c1b749477065300cd3befb8a8
SHA3-384 hash: a287e2349d560802fa205514cb4d38d0befe0f84e1c36ad2ccaa3df3b5e76aee04507f9e3913b83954a9476a5e7b3f8d
SHA1 hash: 507e4a5d9d3904f330c7898d454b8b84f06818f1
MD5 hash: 9e0645794019328fd6a5cedb3a5557ae
humanhash: bakerloo-bravo-pluto-helium
File name:morte.x86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:39'784 bytes
First seen:2025-08-26 03:42:41 UTC
Last seen:2025-09-07 15:30:23 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:62Zhad5xKqWxGHtQkAk6PQInkXc6Okg4UOrjeAWuvQ5Ul2b8Q9OtDHpjxHVODPL8:62ZhYxpWxX1DPQEYOk1rjAuvQmlY9Ot1
TLSH T16503018BCA64A748D3A643764EE37C014DC6F31D8BA03371EF813271D46570A7E5926E
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 UPX
File size (compressed) :39'784 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :75'280 bytes
Format:linux/i386
Unpacked file: a061e9b933105604034dfe6132db33340c4e997b81ef999d5a33ddd74412dd9a

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
7
# of downloads :
35
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Runs as daemon
Launching a process
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade packed threat upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
82
Number of processes launched:
4
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
First seen:
2025-08-26T01:13:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-08-26T01:13:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=c3a8ae7d-1800-0000-e77a-16c2630d0000 pid=3427 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=54b2cd7f-1800-0000-e77a-16c26b0d0000 pid=3435 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=c3a8ae7d-1800-0000-e77a-16c2630d0000 pid=3427->guuid=54b2cd7f-1800-0000-e77a-16c26b0d0000 pid=3435 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=54b2cd7f-1800-0000-e77a-16c26b0d0000 pid=3435->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=d9c97d80-1800-0000-e77a-16c26e0d0000 pid=3438 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=54b2cd7f-1800-0000-e77a-16c26b0d0000 pid=3435->guuid=d9c97d80-1800-0000-e77a-16c26e0d0000 pid=3438 clone guuid=966f8880-1800-0000-e77a-16c26f0d0000 pid=3439 /tmp/sample.bin write-config zombie guuid=d9c97d80-1800-0000-e77a-16c26e0d0000 pid=3438->guuid=966f8880-1800-0000-e77a-16c26f0d0000 pid=3439 clone guuid=f7e0ca83-1800-0000-e77a-16c27b0d0000 pid=3451 /usr/bin/dash guuid=966f8880-1800-0000-e77a-16c26f0d0000 pid=3439->guuid=f7e0ca83-1800-0000-e77a-16c27b0d0000 pid=3451 execve guuid=d6a2c685-1800-0000-e77a-16c2830d0000 pid=3459 /tmp/sample.bin delete-file dns net send-data guuid=966f8880-1800-0000-e77a-16c26f0d0000 pid=3439->guuid=d6a2c685-1800-0000-e77a-16c2830d0000 pid=3459 clone guuid=6ca5fc83-1800-0000-e77a-16c27c0d0000 pid=3452 /usr/bin/cp guuid=f7e0ca83-1800-0000-e77a-16c27b0d0000 pid=3451->guuid=6ca5fc83-1800-0000-e77a-16c27c0d0000 pid=3452 execve guuid=d6a2c685-1800-0000-e77a-16c2830d0000 pid=3459->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 send: 29B ba409a05-ee4b-5515-b303-c26a7537bae8 rinksog.com:12121 guuid=d6a2c685-1800-0000-e77a-16c2830d0000 pid=3459->ba409a05-ee4b-5515-b303-c26a7537bae8 send: 18B
Result
Threat name:
Mirai, Xmrig
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad.mine
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample is packed with UPX
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Yara detected Mirai
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1765002 Sample: morte.x86.elf Startdate: 26/08/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 28 rinksog.com 196.251.87.166, 12121 SONIC-WirelessZA Seychelles 2->28 36 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->36 38 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->38 40 Yara detected Mirai 2->40 42 2 other signatures 2->42 10 morte.x86.elf 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 46 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 10->46 13 morte.x86.elf 10->13         started        process6 process7 15 morte.x86.elf 13->15         started        file8 26 /etc/init.d/sysd, POSIX 15->26 dropped 30 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 15->30 32 Drops files in suspicious directories 15->32 34 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 15->34 19 morte.x86.elf 15->19         started        22 morte.x86.elf sh 15->22         started        signatures9 process10 signatures11 44 Sample deletes itself 19->44 24 sh cp 22->24         started        process12
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-08-26 03:43:31 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 24 (62.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery linux rootkit upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Loads a kernel module
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:CP_AllMal_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication
Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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Mirai

elf 8ed8684e37fed57d6a517549a3c33a47c965bd2c1b749477065300cd3befb8a8

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