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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a59c8d133818201c35771685508a515b60f153174378d7cc22166375f4d73a81
SHA3-384 hash: 0cb199ed92c755ae22ddc97f4141d8a8c92be98c5504d03f6cc1bcfb8dcac71ce89b7ba2d541f52ad33326c51a4a9f84
SHA1 hash: 324362ea9f0eaffe03f5c5403b0df9d507f733c5
MD5 hash: 77f0aee3932dd2cec5b976aab563e3c1
humanhash: robin-alabama-william-robert
File name:db0fa4b8db0333367e9bda3ab68b8042.ppc
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:70'752 bytes
First seen:2026-04-08 16:12:02 UTC
Last seen:2026-04-09 14:53:34 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:UyDcVX+l0BmAqVnOC99w1GcdKeJBhFIMpM:UyDDKy1OKeBFI/
TLSH T111635D0277680E03D5621EB4293F17E093FEF99021F4F5892A0FDB5A4631E77258AF99
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
75
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
DNS request
Runs as daemon
Opens a port
Sends data to a server
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade mirai obfuscated obfuscated threat
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-04-08T13:19:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-04-08T23:57:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b HEUR:Exploit.Linux.CVE-2017-17215.a
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=8746163f-1a00-0000-d118-3173fc080000 pid=2300 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=02fe0b42-1a00-0000-d118-3173fd080000 pid=2301 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=8746163f-1a00-0000-d118-3173fc080000 pid=2300->guuid=02fe0b42-1a00-0000-d118-3173fd080000 pid=2301 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-04-08 16:13:40 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:unstable linux
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YARA Signatures


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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:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1_RID2F39
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects ELF Mirai variant
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF malware Mirai related
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2_RID2F3A
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects ELF malware Mirai related
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_Oct19
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious single byte XORed keyword 'Mozilla/5.0' - it uses yara's XOR modifier and therefore cannot print the XOR key. You can use the CyberChef recipe linked in the reference field to brute force the used key.
Reference:https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=XOR_Brute_Force()
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_RID2DB4
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:Internal Research
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


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Web download

Mirai

elf a59c8d133818201c35771685508a515b60f153174378d7cc22166375f4d73a81

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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