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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 98da3db7be1abe253135301ccdb982820987e8d8d6b0ae2df80d7f6a408babb8
SHA3-384 hash: 56c51e8265d4ec84ae000b9d7fdec605eab06903b450f7bc78e98ed9544151d1444f52bd1514fdbbfb702a123fde63e1
SHA1 hash: add4959c2e92c05f0a92fa470106833b97f50300
MD5 hash: 0c9baddfa62b7ae3b6f5efd5705b77a1
humanhash: winter-helium-hawaii-east
File name:98da3db7be1abe253135301ccdb982820987e8d8d6b0ae2df80d7f6a408babb8.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:7'262 bytes
First seen:2026-11-07 00:42:17 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 192:fsuqD7vccFD146Dwz7cSym4S2ofahbpZiQ:fsue7c+J8Fym4Sw/
TLSH T19EE16207E2D5CD72D8CD133846931749213AC86EAB83EF03650C59AAEE43BDC7A63652
telfhash t159b02b025470414c8ff221380c24cc831202c1a3c9415f608d40f740ca3f08d804cf4d
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 Tuxxin
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
76
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
11
Number of processes launched:
1
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Threat name:
SNOWLIGHT, VShell
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Found malware configuration
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected SNOWLIGHT
Yara detected VShell
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Vshell
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-11-06 23:13:59 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
12 of 24 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
snowlight
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:snowlight actor:unc5174 apt linux loader
Malware Family:
downloade
Malicious:
True
Tags:
elf detect-debug-environment malware
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:exploit_any_poppopret
Author:Jeff White [karttoon@gmail.com] @noottrak
Description:Identify POP -> POP -> RET opcodes for quick ROP Gadget creation in target binaries.
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_3fa2df51
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:malware_SNOWLIGHT_ELF
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:SNOWLIGHT
Reference:https://sect.iij.ad.jp/blog/2025/11/unc5174-windows-snowlight-in-2025/
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 98da3db7be1abe253135301ccdb982820987e8d8d6b0ae2df80d7f6a408babb8

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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