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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 97aa861cf408cc8ad8a49443c2b7bd15705ce0c1ee72e0674b476e418cfeccbb
SHA3-384 hash: a11f812806d3387b634c495a5edc7b606451e769e80210f4ea7d8568f7c3b8ba21029b24b7b94f04a05490aedf52bc96
SHA1 hash: 29e1119ab852dd3ffd045f28b3ffd6278a8eac2c
MD5 hash: 9b07d014fadd3b91e2fb3b9b025b06e1
humanhash: butter-lamp-black-chicken
File name:Polar.x86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:56'192 bytes
First seen:2025-11-29 04:17:42 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:E6RBNaQCANEdtCRKTKZ3XPNTWBhjW1PBnouy8ty4:XR2QCFDwKTK9/NTWXWVhoutZ
TLSH T1644302138DD8438FFEBFA2734D41DE4E1D92D34916A6985246E421E709A1B740F267E1
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
File size (compressed) :56'192 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :136'428 bytes
Format:linux/i386
Unpacked file: c19dfac3c3c3c0b8a24170bfe71f2b2fdf357029cc407620292142945574c66b

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
41
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Runs as daemon
Opens a port
Sends data to a server
DNS request
Connection attempt
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-11-29T02:27:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-29T13:42:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
64 / 100
Signature
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is packed with UPX
Uses dynamic DNS services
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1822693 Sample: Polar.x86.elf Startdate: 29/11/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 64 22 lolzzmortex.duckdns.org 2->22 24 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->24 26 3 other IPs or domains 2->26 28 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->28 30 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->30 32 Sample is packed with UPX 2->32 8 Polar.x86.elf 2->8         started        10 python3.8 dpkg 2->10         started        signatures3 34 Uses dynamic DNS services 22->34 process4 process5 12 Polar.x86.elf 8->12         started        14 Polar.x86.elf 8->14         started        16 Polar.x86.elf 8->16         started        process6 18 Polar.x86.elf 12->18         started        20 Polar.x86.elf 12->20         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-29 04:18:23 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet defense_evasion discovery linux upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Enumerates running processes
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Mirai
Mirai family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
lolzzmortex.duckdns.org
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7135858-0
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
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:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 97aa861cf408cc8ad8a49443c2b7bd15705ce0c1ee72e0674b476e418cfeccbb

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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