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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 19 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 92e56ff0e46fb9e52f8866bbf4e5c1c1e989a13377aa6dcc9079a8adcdaa4bc9
SHA3-384 hash: cc36c6c993874c81444349c54701a47f814f863abfd32fc757db1f5d09a1540b98097d937adf66480c9a1c920fba6d45
SHA1 hash: 16c2f8ac8096e089a1e3dd86a146cbcc42f3e83b
MD5 hash: 06d87f600722ae93583c12965f4a1fd4
humanhash: enemy-johnny-missouri-arkansas
File name:bash
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:112'289 bytes
First seen:2026-10-07 05:03:26 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-07 16:12:28 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:YHS9r0UVKOtvsad4m3KkXP+1ZBHDaSo4XRZhSvn:9KOtvPxKC+LBHDaSo4XRZhSvn
TLSH T1D2B33ACDE740D577D58319B2D29787234072EA361A1ACA05F3DBFCB4AB25184B221BED
telfhash t136213542627d8e297fb24924acac07f11956152372407f70ff5ec1c4653b009b575d8f
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 gafgyt mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
105
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Kills processes
Sets a written file as executable
Runs as daemon
Changes access rights for a written file
Connection attempt
Creating a file
Launching a process
Sends data to a server
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Receives data from a server
Manages services
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Kills critical processes
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
bashlite dropper gcc mirai tsunami
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-10-06T12:50:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-07T03:31:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=5a9d9703-1700-0000-a0ad-d3353e0f0000 pid=3902 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=f6650b07-1700-0000-a0ad-d335470f0000 pid=3911 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=5a9d9703-1700-0000-a0ad-d3353e0f0000 pid=3902->guuid=f6650b07-1700-0000-a0ad-d335470f0000 pid=3911 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=f6650b07-1700-0000-a0ad-d335470f0000 pid=3911->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=d8056408-1700-0000-a0ad-d335490f0000 pid=3913 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=f6650b07-1700-0000-a0ad-d335470f0000 pid=3911->guuid=d8056408-1700-0000-a0ad-d335490f0000 pid=3913 clone guuid=d2708008-1700-0000-a0ad-d3354a0f0000 pid=3914 /tmp/sample.bin write-config zombie guuid=d8056408-1700-0000-a0ad-d335490f0000 pid=3913->guuid=d2708008-1700-0000-a0ad-d3354a0f0000 pid=3914 clone guuid=ec9ad408-1700-0000-a0ad-d3354c0f0000 pid=3916 /usr/bin/dash guuid=d2708008-1700-0000-a0ad-d3354a0f0000 pid=3914->guuid=ec9ad408-1700-0000-a0ad-d3354c0f0000 pid=3916 execve guuid=072fb13c-1700-0000-a0ad-d335fe0f0000 pid=4094 /usr/bin/dash guuid=d2708008-1700-0000-a0ad-d3354a0f0000 pid=3914->guuid=072fb13c-1700-0000-a0ad-d335fe0f0000 pid=4094 execve guuid=f4e9013d-1700-0000-a0ad-d33501100000 pid=4097 /usr/bin/dash guuid=d2708008-1700-0000-a0ad-d3354a0f0000 pid=3914->guuid=f4e9013d-1700-0000-a0ad-d33501100000 pid=4097 execve guuid=dc9e1509-1700-0000-a0ad-d3354d0f0000 pid=3917 /usr/sbin/update-rc.d guuid=ec9ad408-1700-0000-a0ad-d3354c0f0000 pid=3916->guuid=dc9e1509-1700-0000-a0ad-d3354d0f0000 pid=3917 execve guuid=5fc3c20b-1700-0000-a0ad-d335530f0000 pid=3923 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=dc9e1509-1700-0000-a0ad-d3354d0f0000 pid=3917->guuid=5fc3c20b-1700-0000-a0ad-d335530f0000 pid=3923 execve guuid=30f1ec3c-1700-0000-a0ad-d33500100000 pid=4096 /usr/bin/dash guuid=072fb13c-1700-0000-a0ad-d335fe0f0000 pid=4094->guuid=30f1ec3c-1700-0000-a0ad-d33500100000 pid=4096 clone guuid=5ee1293d-1700-0000-a0ad-d33503100000 pid=4099 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=f4e9013d-1700-0000-a0ad-d33501100000 pid=4097->guuid=5ee1293d-1700-0000-a0ad-d33503100000 pid=4099 execve guuid=66f8f73d-1700-0000-a0ad-d33508100000 pid=4104 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install guuid=5ee1293d-1700-0000-a0ad-d33503100000 pid=4099->guuid=66f8f73d-1700-0000-a0ad-d33508100000 pid=4104 execve guuid=a6564b3e-1700-0000-a0ad-d3350c100000 pid=4108 /usr/bin/getopt guuid=66f8f73d-1700-0000-a0ad-d33508100000 pid=4104->guuid=a6564b3e-1700-0000-a0ad-d3350c100000 pid=4108 execve guuid=9154883e-1700-0000-a0ad-d3350d100000 pid=4109 /usr/sbin/update-rc.d guuid=66f8f73d-1700-0000-a0ad-d33508100000 pid=4104->guuid=9154883e-1700-0000-a0ad-d3350d100000 pid=4109 execve guuid=030c2861-1700-0000-a0ad-d335ab100000 pid=4267 /usr/sbin/update-rc.d guuid=66f8f73d-1700-0000-a0ad-d33508100000 pid=4104->guuid=030c2861-1700-0000-a0ad-d335ab100000 pid=4267 execve guuid=c1a8b03f-1700-0000-a0ad-d33516100000 pid=4118 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=9154883e-1700-0000-a0ad-d3350d100000 pid=4109->guuid=c1a8b03f-1700-0000-a0ad-d33516100000 pid=4118 execve guuid=2a80a762-1700-0000-a0ad-d335b4100000 pid=4276 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=030c2861-1700-0000-a0ad-d335ab100000 pid=4267->guuid=2a80a762-1700-0000-a0ad-d335b4100000 pid=4276 execve
Result
Threat name:
Mirai, Gafgyt
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Contains symbols with names commonly found in malware
Detected Mirai
Drops files in suspicious directories
Drops invisible ELF files
Found malware configuration
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
Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to access files in /etc/config/ (typical for OpenWRT routers)
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1983354 Sample: bash.elf Startdate: 07/10/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 113 64.89.161.96, 55487, 58078 GHOSTYNETWORKSUS Luxembourg 2->113 115 198.210.62.238, 23, 2323 UNWIRED-NOC-UnwiredBroadbandLLCUS United States 2->115 117 27 other IPs or domains 2->117 121 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->121 123 Found malware configuration 2->123 125 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->125 127 7 other signatures 2->127 13 bash.elf 2->13         started        16 systemd gpu-manager 2->16         started        18 systemd gpu-manager 2->18         started        20 146 other processes 2->20 signatures3 process4 signatures5 143 Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers 13->143 22 bash.elf 13->22         started        24 gpu-manager sh 16->24         started        26 gpu-manager sh 16->26         started        34 6 other processes 16->34 36 8 other processes 18->36 145 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 20->145 28 gpu-manager sh 20->28         started        30 gpu-manager sh 20->30         started        32 gpu-manager sh 20->32         started        38 148 other processes 20->38 process6 process7 40 bash.elf 22->40         started        44 sh grep 24->44         started        46 sh grep 26->46         started        48 sh grep 28->48         started        50 sh grep 30->50         started        52 sh grep 32->52         started        54 6 other processes 34->54 56 8 other processes 36->56 58 110 other processes 38->58 file8 105 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root, ASCII 40->105 dropped 107 /root/.bashrc, ASCII 40->107 dropped 109 /root/.bash_profile, ASCII 40->109 dropped 111 7 other malicious files 40->111 dropped 135 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 40->135 137 Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile 40->137 139 Drops files in suspicious directories 40->139 141 4 other signatures 40->141 60 bash.elf sh 40->60         started        62 bash.elf sh 40->62         started        64 bash.elf sh 40->64         started        66 4 other processes 40->66 signatures9 process10 signatures11 69 sh at 60->69         started        73 sh 60->73         started        75 sh cp 62->75         started        77 sh chmod 62->77         started        79 sh update-rc.d 64->79         started        119 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 66->119 81 sh systemctl 66->81         started        83 sh 66->83         started        process12 file13 99 /var/spool/cron/atjobs/a0000101c79052, POSIX 69->99 dropped 101 /var/spool/cron/atjobs/.SEQ, ASCII 69->101 dropped 129 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 69->129 103 /tmp/.kworker, ELF 75->103 dropped 131 Drops invisible ELF files 75->131 133 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 79->133 85 update-rc.d systemctl 79->85         started        87 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 81->87         started        signatures14 process15 process16 89 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 87->89         started        91 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 87->91         started        93 systemd-sysv-install getopt 87->93         started        process17 95 update-rc.d systemctl 89->95         started        97 update-rc.d systemctl 91->97         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-06 17:38:13 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
24 of 38 (63.16%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt botnet defense_evasion discovery execution linux persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Modifies Bash startup script
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Reads system routing table
Schedules an At job
File and Directory Permissions Modification
Detected Gafgyt variant
Family: Gafgyt/Bashlite
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
64.89.161.96:55487
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:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' ELF files
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:ELF_DDoS_Gafgyt_Variant
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects Gafgyt (Qbot) / Mirai variant with specific DDoS functions (vseattack, ftcp, SendHTTPHex) and recon routines
Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:Linux_Gafgyt_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_5bf62ce4
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6122acdf
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_7167d08f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_c573932b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Mal_LNX_Gafgyt_Botnet_ELF
Author:Phatcharadol Thangplub
Description:Use to detect Gafgyt botnet, and there variants.
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
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


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf 92e56ff0e46fb9e52f8866bbf4e5c1c1e989a13377aa6dcc9079a8adcdaa4bc9

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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