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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a4b5e01c133b3da9ae56b2d96bc003b0fb8431c2f454f25984428d3c7212c6cc
SHA3-384 hash: 8023f327017cae6b9b1334799ae0ba1c190f1ba1b07eb8c3887188bfea5c3630089eae82b06061ee37f4eff433d66db1
SHA1 hash: 9dd17fb275325a62596f7a987ae89392b2194a1e
MD5 hash: d3ce8dad8acac295fb0914488e1b6f09
humanhash: fruit-minnesota-may-butter
File name:parm7
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:209'285 bytes
First seen:2026-08-14 20:50:43 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:+j1o77VSsxzqa6IjHa5A6fWRfz+bUBZD++mXcJM/9wUcEQt:ao77VSs0IjHa5A6fWRfz+IB933e/fA
TLSH T177144C469A418B13C4C62B7AFADF41453323A764D3EB730689287FB43F86B9E0E67505
telfhash t1b14123325b3695261eb1cd14e8ed27f1190f46275644aa32ef6688cc600908ee62bd4f
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai upx-dec


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abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 b8c1f1f1cf3815c67b4a840c1fc16e05f190717a3cc5288f5307b3af06578da7
File size (compressed) :75'404 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :209'285 bytes
Format:linux/arm
Packed file: b8c1f1f1cf3815c67b4a840c1fc16e05f190717a3cc5288f5307b3af06578da7

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
96
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Opens a port
Connection attempt
Runs as daemon
Receives data from a server
Locks files
Kills processes
Creating a file
Collects information on the CPU
Sends data to a server
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm bash gcc lolbin mirai rust
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-14T18:43:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-14T19:14:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=f1d25ff8-1600-0000-9288-e338af0c0000 pid=3247 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=614f24fb-1600-0000-9288-e338b70c0000 pid=3255 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=f1d25ff8-1600-0000-9288-e338af0c0000 pid=3247->guuid=614f24fb-1600-0000-9288-e338b70c0000 pid=3255 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-14 20:51:30 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:mirai antivm botnet credential_access defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to shm directory
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Reads process memory
Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)
Deletes itself
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (254799) 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


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:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_8299c877
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_c19ca8e5
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MAL_ARM_LNX_Mirai_Mar13_2022
Author:Mehmet Ali Kerimoglu a.k.a. CYB3RMX
Description:Detects new ARM Mirai variant
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
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
Rule name:UNK_install_script
Author:evilcel3ri
Description:Detects a suspicious behaviour in an bash installation script
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information


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

Web download

Mirai

elf a4b5e01c133b3da9ae56b2d96bc003b0fb8431c2f454f25984428d3c7212c6cc

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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