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Mirai


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 21 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 9233a833a69028a6d7f4ab16e45f41e24a291935db0ee7556410184b769945f6
SHA3-384 hash: e66fb5a52604717e0437dc2c011e9609f1550c7c91ddf04a1586039b4f1a5e5d0862682bb189822e49d68321c9001d0d
SHA1 hash: 55dd82fa113da5ee91f1b370c4f95da9870e936a
MD5 hash: 692929e63ee253007536a3a06d3995cf
humanhash: mango-massachusetts-cola-lithium
File name:x86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:74'608 bytes
First seen:2025-09-20 16:03:45 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:RzGfYklyNkSw0FLOYxSkxql0OGS2Prrl4zXU2SUjmZrd7S:JGAklyNFw0FLOOhx40ffl47n5od7S
TLSH T14A735CC5A993DCF5DC100A353077FF319AB6F13E2169EB8BD3A8A636AD42542E00725D
telfhash t105210af91b3918acb7e05801834e97215a7eeb77192436b302721a3473bed9750bbd78
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 :
47
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
DNS request
Runs as daemon
Opens a port
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
mirai obfuscated threat
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
0
Number of processes launched:
8
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
80,37215,23,443
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:
2025-09-19T15:02:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-09-19T15:02:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b HEUR:Exploit.Linux.Mvpower.a HEUR:Exploit.Linux.CVE-2017-17215.a
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Detected Mirai
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1781197 Sample: x86.elf Startdate: 20/09/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 29 197.187.29.126 airtel-tz-asTZ Tanzania United Republic of 2->29 31 197.212.229.5 ZAIN-ZAMBIAZM Zambia 2->31 33 99 other IPs or domains 2->33 35 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->35 37 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->37 39 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->39 41 3 other signatures 2->41 8 x86.elf 2->8         started        10 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 2->10         started        12 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 2->12         started        14 6 other processes 2->14 signatures3 process4 process5 16 x86.elf 8->16         started        18 wrapper-2.0 xfpm-power-backlight-helper 10->18         started        process6 20 x86.elf 16->20         started        23 x86.elf 16->23         started        25 x86.elf 16->25         started        27 3 other processes 16->27 signatures7 43 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 20->43
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-09-19 20:45:00 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
28 of 38 (73.68%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:unstable defense_evasion discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Enumerates running processes
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (191622) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Unknown
Tags:
botnet mirai trojan
YARA:
MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_fa3ad9d0 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d Linux_Trojan_Mirai_93fc3657 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_804f8e7c Linux_Trojan_Mirai_99d78950 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_a68e498c Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f Linux_Trojan_Mirai_ae9d0fa6 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3 elf_mirai_auto
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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:CVE_2017_17215
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2017-17215
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:elf_mirai_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects elf.mirai.
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_804f8e7c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_93fc3657
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_99d78950
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_a68e498c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_ae9d0fa6
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_fa3ad9d0
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF Mirai variant
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1_RID2F39
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects ELF Mirai variant
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_Oct19
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious single byte XORed keyword 'Mozilla/5.0' - it uses yara's XOR modifier and therefore cannot print the XOR key. You can use the CyberChef recipe linked in the reference field to brute force the used key.
Reference:https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=XOR_Brute_Force()
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_RID2DB4
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 9233a833a69028a6d7f4ab16e45f41e24a291935db0ee7556410184b769945f6

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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