MalwareBazaar Database

You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 946c442256cf460be5041f33fac11bc8c2695f4b5a0bfe76de67efb431eab99b. While MalwareBazaar tries to identify whether the sample provided is malicious or not, there is no guarantee that a sample in MalwareBazaar is malicious.

Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 946c442256cf460be5041f33fac11bc8c2695f4b5a0bfe76de67efb431eab99b
SHA3-384 hash: 0ae58be11eecacaf3bf3b2f580567284d37acc34eef444de1744938c7e1e8976fd04330fa6c0ae00c5013a762caa8425
SHA1 hash: 0faac6e331e942fd60cc3574f909b4543c527fab
MD5 hash: 23470edc5dfdfd6b2be02078bef6990e
humanhash: florida-charlie-iowa-bulldog
File name:neon.mips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:69'292 bytes
First seen:2025-05-17 06:45:29 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:a4TL9CMuWv/wCS+1yxhpFyBcewFlhlGqeW5w8WPKopNc8p0zVJuw:jdHbqxVynQ3O8oBZOzVQw
TLSH T1B163F2A9471088E2F51EC13E1860DBDC3D256FF1620DC56D2A40BADF4AE7AB57E41AC2
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 UPX
File size (compressed) :69'292 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :231'200 bytes
Format:linux/mips
Unpacked file: afbc292c4d75bd46726c13aa65d3369293bd1aaec2bf8f598b2396b35440e0d4

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
109
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Runs as daemon
Connection attempt
Receives data from a server
DNS request
Opens a port
Sends data to a server
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
91
Number of processes launched:
16
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
37215,5501,7547,8080
Behaviour
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
type:Mirai 160.187.246.174:10022
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
84 / 100
Signature
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is packed with UPX
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1692686 Sample: neon.mips.elf Startdate: 17/05/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 84 25 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->25 27 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->27 29 Yara detected Gafgyt 2->29 31 2 other signatures 2->31 7 neon.mips.elf 2->7         started        process3 process4 9 neon.mips.elf 7->9         started        11 neon.mips.elf 7->11         started        13 neon.mips.elf 7->13         started        15 5 other processes 7->15 process5 17 neon.mips.elf 9->17         started        19 neon.mips.elf 9->19         started        21 neon.mips.elf 9->21         started        23 4 other processes 9->23
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-05-17 06:46:19 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 24 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet defense_evasion discovery upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Enumerates running processes
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (690380) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Mirai
Mirai family
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: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


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

Web download

Mirai

elf 946c442256cf460be5041f33fac11bc8c2695f4b5a0bfe76de67efb431eab99b

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh

Comments