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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a6941d406cd685f93c4eb78f00feda768263c1eacd89299e4109596179d25f1a
SHA3-384 hash: c334de3114e29d182624186c5cdea169fccd59faf57802d2fa17b76d25e3cdd72f4356397cc3c9d35836dfed3af96aa5
SHA1 hash: dc60d6b17a3e38f51162d5e455b45c9762b27bce
MD5 hash: ef5faeb2fe60154b1f028dd052f8ead0
humanhash: oven-blue-echo-north
File name:nsharm
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:162'400 bytes
First seen:2026-09-22 05:15:50 UTC
Last seen:2026-09-22 06:30:04 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:Psk1LN7SfIqMhxqus4Yw7E7L/hv9if36u:PsDfI7hxHs4YKE7Lnif36u
TLSH T100F3F985B8C15F13C6D122BFFB5E429C372A57A8D2EE710399225F24378B86B0F36546
telfhash t179f0c0a1ee604f9cbbd0972080c733082ae8b02e2136148169980e5992e79a83811d12
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 :
60
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
mirai rust
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-09-13T10:20:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-22T15:08:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=3877f1ea-1f00-0000-742f-8a8808090000 pid=2312 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=0a218ef0-1f00-0000-742f-8a8812090000 pid=2322 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=3877f1ea-1f00-0000-742f-8a8808090000 pid=2312->guuid=0a218ef0-1f00-0000-742f-8a8812090000 pid=2322 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-13 18:21:26 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
25 of 36 (69.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
hailbot
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:hailbot botnet
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:Linux_Exploit_CVE_2017_17215_8b78a857
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Exploit code used in the ZeroBot malware
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_af48ca6a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_d94e1020
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF Mirai variant
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


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

Web download

Mirai

elf a6941d406cd685f93c4eb78f00feda768263c1eacd89299e4109596179d25f1a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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