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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a5ae9ca612e870cac00cb4ffdf7f4c5d65d2a5da52f02ac68c96a4f5788e15c0
SHA3-384 hash: 9f7c2efe5c2fb2707e7fd13f2f99b77b918f4c88c5cc2fa82bc22c6da0bb03dee037ed5489fc234a8a7e0b14a678e1b6
SHA1 hash: 645bf25ab7534b32c0e6894addddc4d65d713205
MD5 hash: c820619893fd0b677a89c48d0d0311fb
humanhash: kilo-early-massachusetts-item
File name:byte.mips
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:99'828 bytes
First seen:2025-03-22 13:46:19 UTC
Last seen:2025-03-22 22:45:40 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:e65VvwW2yEk5I355hxAXYLOwXZMHOs8PGyq7HeLJyUkfl61d6xEp:e6TvJ5i3555iHOs8PJqgkf4UEp
TLSH T12FA30B0A7E21CFEDF7A8823547F78A21A75833D627F1D585E19CD6005F6024E681FBA8
telfhash t198113648893813f49bb50d9d66edfb76e45170eb0a225e378d00f8ad9a2dd01ad01c1c
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
87
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Runs as daemon
Connection attempt
Receives data from a server
DNS request
Sends data to a server
Kills processes
Substitutes an application name
Kills critical processes
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
bash lolbin masquerade obfuscated remote
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
76 / 100
Signature
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill a massive number of system processes
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Uses dynamic DNS services
Yara detected Okiru
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1645782 Sample: byte.mips.elf Startdate: 22/03/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 76 55 galaxianet.duckdns.org 2->55 57 122.198.22.192, 23 ZAQJupiterTelecommunicationsCoLtdJP China 2->57 59 100 other IPs or domains 2->59 61 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->61 63 Yara detected Okiru 2->63 8 byte.mips.elf 2->8         started        10 systemd gpu-manager 2->10         started        12 systemd gpu-manager 2->12         started        14 85 other processes 2->14 signatures3 65 Uses dynamic DNS services 55->65 process4 signatures5 17 byte.mips.elf 8->17         started        19 byte.mips.elf 8->19         started        22 byte.mips.elf 8->22         started        24 gpu-manager sh 10->24         started        26 gpu-manager sh 10->26         started        28 gpu-manager sh 10->28         started        30 4 other processes 10->30 32 6 other processes 12->32 75 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 14->75 34 32 other processes 14->34 process6 signatures7 36 byte.mips.elf 17->36         started        47 4 other processes 17->47 67 Sample tries to kill a massive number of system processes 19->67 69 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 19->69 39 sh grep 24->39         started        41 sh grep 26->41         started        43 sh grep 28->43         started        45 sh grep 30->45         started        49 3 other processes 30->49 51 6 other processes 32->51 53 23 other processes 34->53 process8 signatures9 71 Sample tries to kill a massive number of system processes 36->71 73 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 36->73
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-03-22 13:47:11 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:sora defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Enumerates running processes
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (337848) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Gathering data
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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:Linux_Generic_Threat_3bcc1630
Author:Elastic Security
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 a5ae9ca612e870cac00cb4ffdf7f4c5d65d2a5da52f02ac68c96a4f5788e15c0

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh

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