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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 9ca7eaf7a185704e633ee776bd789d5c8a81446027d0424bb19b0fbf8e77406a
SHA3-384 hash: cf90133c64e1d0332b08f7522b95929993f1e2949649479a1ee4c3178cd2652d314cfa27728364f29624102b57f1216f
SHA1 hash: ff552eaf120b4a55facec11e06cdf5a59447d2f9
MD5 hash: f93323504681b58930d71eeffb07c795
humanhash: eighteen-six-speaker-floor
File name:splx86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:83'124 bytes
First seen:2026-01-25 23:37:38 UTC
Last seen:2026-01-26 11:43:48 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:eN057uXY27SgWJS98WB26AS41jU2sws7f3F39VfKEEXCD6rMYwmTXcblNF6yjA:eN6UzWNS9/3wjcwCf1fVYrMYwwMRro
TLSH T105835B819242E8F0ED090175713BF337A632DDB801B8FDF7F3655576582AAA0B28674E
telfhash t14021def815ba0cece7e09023e24a53763c5dab7b60703bf255f36839151a601653ac3d
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

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
77
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
59
Number of processes launched:
2
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
23
Behaviour
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
80 / 100
Signature
Connects to many IPs within the same subnet mask (likely port scanning)
Drops invisible ELF files
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Sends malformed DNS queries
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1857311 Sample: splx86.elf Startdate: 26/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 80 58 slursontel.ru. [malformed] 2->58 60 slursbeback.ru. [malformed] 2->60 62 103 other IPs or domains 2->62 66 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->66 68 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->68 70 Connects to many IPs within the same subnet mask (likely port scanning) 2->70 8 splx86.elf .systemd-journald 2->8         started        12 systemd gpu-manager 2->12         started        14 systemd gpu-manager 2->14         started        16 82 other processes 2->16 signatures3 72 Sends malformed DNS queries 60->72 process4 file5 56 /dev/shm/.systemd-journald, ELF 8->56 dropped 74 Drops invisible ELF files 8->74 76 Sample deletes itself 8->76 18 .systemd-journald 8->18         started        21 gpu-manager sh 12->21         started        23 gpu-manager sh 12->23         started        25 gpu-manager sh 12->25         started        31 5 other processes 12->31 33 8 other processes 14->33 78 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 16->78 27 gpu-manager sh 16->27         started        29 gpu-manager sh 16->29         started        35 64 other processes 16->35 signatures6 process7 signatures8 64 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 18->64 47 2 other processes 18->47 37 sh grep 21->37         started        39 sh grep 23->39         started        41 sh grep 25->41         started        43 sh grep 27->43         started        45 sh grep 29->45         started        50 5 other processes 31->50 52 8 other processes 33->52 54 52 other processes 35->54 process9 signatures10 80 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 47->80
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-25 23:39:04 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
10 of 36 (27.78%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to shm directory
Enumerates running processes
Deletes itself
Executes dropped EXE
Contacts a large (77896) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_fa3ad9d0
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf 9ca7eaf7a185704e633ee776bd789d5c8a81446027d0424bb19b0fbf8e77406a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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