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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a76031c924c887fabd580f9decc3b92d009a183a876c495715ae37d29ce2d06b
SHA3-384 hash: 5c229d9dab1460e2622471614138dd6c6ab669ca711e8f039de6b05bc588e47577ea894da4f06934f7b55cb14dbccd46
SHA1 hash: fe6a1ba425dd1be0dba005983b28aa74d26af791
MD5 hash: 3b0d2aa6fa7ef1e00e06d46f614250b9
humanhash: pennsylvania-social-fourteen-nine
File name:mirai.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:79'868 bytes
First seen:2026-02-17 18:18:48 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:5Y2Vu+dSm1BJRc4gRGUUpuoB8DuPSwteQHBX:5nVu+dSuBLgRGlpDe8
TLSH T1AC73A31ABF610FF7E86FDC378AE91B45248D641A21993B7A7D34D418B24B24F49E3870
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 :
1
# of downloads :
78
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
7
Number of processes launched:
1
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=55cbcbff-1900-0000-6c5e-6b2d64090000 pid=2404 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=054cc002-1a00-0000-6c5e-6b2d65090000 pid=2405 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=55cbcbff-1900-0000-6c5e-6b2d64090000 pid=2404->guuid=054cc002-1a00-0000-6c5e-6b2d65090000 pid=2405 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-17 19:13:56 UTC
AV detection:
17 of 23 (73.91%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:mirai defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Deletes itself
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (23520) 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:Linux_Mirai_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0bce98a2
Author:Elastic Security
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:Mirai_Botnet_Malware
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Mirai_Botnet_Malware_RID2EF6
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
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: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 a76031c924c887fabd580f9decc3b92d009a183a876c495715ae37d29ce2d06b

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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