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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a7a67db171821cfe523bb884a0f6b233a7fa1e12f53a2d7a746fdd0397a92b28
SHA3-384 hash: 70910967e49cf417510814ec9fa1e29d076da2980a2d13f85f39e98aa3f3f49bcfa9f478073ce5b624074f6f787f9eff
SHA1 hash: c9aa7cbbe4a7ce0471f1116981993a91fa1e9d0c
MD5 hash: 790f2edeb7b9ee6a08e8d4dbeef765f2
humanhash: tennis-mango-sixteen-wisconsin
File name:mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:84'780 bytes
First seen:2026-08-04 06:38:36 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:iVL8uR5KCZ0j752dCuouFf8EZlDgfkJ40YPWB:iVL8gg9FejouJFDdO8
TLSH T1B883C606BB510FF7DC6FCD370AE91702348C594A22A97B367634D828F65B24B59E3CA4
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 :
85
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
DNS request
Sets a written file as executable
Sends data to a server
Creating a file
Runs as daemon
Launching a process
Creates directories
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-04T04:09:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-04T12:58:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=39f08a00-1e00-0000-052a-b5a8860a0000 pid=2694 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=34787706-1e00-0000-052a-b5a88b0a0000 pid=2699 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=39f08a00-1e00-0000-052a-b5a8860a0000 pid=2694->guuid=34787706-1e00-0000-052a-b5a88b0a0000 pid=2699 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-04 06:43:27 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
File and Directory Permissions Modification
Contacts a large (36089) 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


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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_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
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 a7a67db171821cfe523bb884a0f6b233a7fa1e12f53a2d7a746fdd0397a92b28

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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