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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8f8b7e0cb7ccc05042ef997255982928ec0d2ccc3eb1e9296a8907488b824d2b
SHA3-384 hash: 7ade7b3af89eec033c9f759a9f6dfe946e252a94f9b9bfa4a8e8ce9ab75bf53dd57c282ba441a587c18156e6b01bf73e
SHA1 hash: 37df295cbd56bc2b4572b38a2ce593a836c62927
MD5 hash: 2dae109288024faa2ef7873cb9b32491
humanhash: nitrogen-mike-foxtrot-seventeen
File name:wife.i486
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:90'544 bytes
First seen:2026-05-24 18:20:52 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:YHyYJPPpHDiYpRm3VJiqrbUL318A2oNBA105dENDUCorr8:YJPxHDiwo3Vs3CsN3E9o
TLSH T11A932A8AF793E4F5D91711B101A7EB798A30ED530520CD2ADB94BFE19D32AC1B14632C
telfhash t15441fbf70ee909e8b7d04814c35f5b817e39a93b591036a64673e87027e7b8160a6d38
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-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 d23651bdebdc3c8676026928631ea5ca6ac22dd7347c4546cc526c003f1fd7ed
File size (compressed) :44'244 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :90'544 bytes
Format:linux/i386
Packed file: d23651bdebdc3c8676026928631ea5ca6ac22dd7347c4546cc526c003f1fd7ed

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
52
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
DNS request
Changes access rights for a file
Creating a file
Deletes a file
Runs as daemon
Kills processes
Kills critical processes
Deletes a system binary file
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc masquerade rust
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
1
Number of processes launched:
3
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-05-24T16:24:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-05-26T01:39:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=3a736f44-1c00-0000-373b-18225f090000 pid=2399 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=45104d46-1c00-0000-373b-182265090000 pid=2405 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=3a736f44-1c00-0000-373b-18225f090000 pid=2399->guuid=45104d46-1c00-0000-373b-182265090000 pid=2405 execve guuid=b1358246-1c00-0000-373b-182267090000 pid=2407 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=45104d46-1c00-0000-373b-182265090000 pid=2405->guuid=b1358246-1c00-0000-373b-182267090000 pid=2407 clone guuid=2ce38946-1c00-0000-373b-182268090000 pid=2408 /tmp/sample.bin delete-file dns send-data write-file zombie guuid=b1358246-1c00-0000-373b-182267090000 pid=2407->guuid=2ce38946-1c00-0000-373b-182268090000 pid=2408 clone 4f6baed0-9587-596c-82b3-fd721afe4cc1 10.0.2.3:53 guuid=2ce38946-1c00-0000-373b-182268090000 pid=2408->4f6baed0-9587-596c-82b3-fd721afe4cc1 send: 45B
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-05-24 18:22:39 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
16 of 37 (43.24%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
credential_access discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads process memory
Enumerates running processes
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_3a56423b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
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

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 8f8b7e0cb7ccc05042ef997255982928ec0d2ccc3eb1e9296a8907488b824d2b

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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