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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 9790c2fcd366976be57488639eeac385df6e9b7a38a3162c541514d4b43cce00
SHA3-384 hash: 7477b2efe122654455d053de33b12c120b7ce92548b115546158b25f029c614428d0d6fbabbdeba5b92176fee20efcbc
SHA1 hash: cfc0906d51448b992612f200bfa5c17b0559d3b9
MD5 hash: a77c30767cd4f68921363dc65aeda3d7
humanhash: kentucky-fix-washington-sink
File name:mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:173'604 bytes
First seen:2025-12-03 05:30:25 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:sil68FnhqRWdQd3du+uHhxLnHHDxN2g9LlvPZJImeTbZ3VWCSIRgohHpgvWGs1v7:s10qwy3wHzR3ZJIRHOYXovWb1um1au
TLSH T10904D81A9FA10FBBDC6FDE3702A90B4235CC951722A43B753678D528F54E90B49E3C68
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 Hailbot mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
42
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
CVE-2017-17215 gafgyt mirai
Result
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1825078 Sample: mpsl.elf Startdate: 03/12/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 32 197.221.56.200 xneeloZA South Africa 2->32 34 197.214.155.163 airtelcgCG Congo 2->34 36 101 other IPs or domains 2->36 40 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->40 42 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->42 44 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->44 46 4 other signatures 2->46 9 mpsl.elf 2->9         started        11 dash rm 2->11         started        13 dash rm 2->13         started        15 python3.8 dpkg 2->15         started        signatures3 process4 process5 17 mpsl.elf 9->17         started        20 mpsl.elf 9->20         started        22 mpsl.elf 9->22         started        signatures6 38 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 17->38 24 mpsl.elf 17->24         started        26 mpsl.elf 17->26         started        28 mpsl.elf 20->28         started        process7 process8 30 mpsl.elf 24->30         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-03 05:31:13 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 36 (52.78%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Renames itself
Contacts a large (66206) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_202412_elf_hailbot
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects HailBot ELF files
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:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF Mirai variant
Reference:Internal Research
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 9790c2fcd366976be57488639eeac385df6e9b7a38a3162c541514d4b43cce00

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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