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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a8bf18f7e7f552fe70a4825c618baabc27544854a11a40ec7bb0d4b97521c6f7
SHA3-384 hash: a687cadf227c2baa3d2b398c3f78a4b967ab8ae1553667a34b72b9842c9480ff5fd6b0f6a3e000b1dc74871c729e562c
SHA1 hash: 185b069a85a86d5cce005ba1f020f4afdeb99969
MD5 hash: b5b14bafa5aaa653edb64e7904f5e69d
humanhash: fish-winner-leopard-seventeen
File name:db0fa4b8db0333367e9bda3ab68b8042.sh4
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:74'804 bytes
First seen:2026-02-11 13:27:19 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:E/jnwcbjq+ZwJaFwtO/WlP1Y1NO6XQWUJy5MFaHoG0NgxCS1SP:ErnwmqiwJCJu5i1I6R+FaHoGkgx
TLSH T13773AEB2C0642DA0C2684138A5E6AD381B13F50196732EF14E568BE6640FEECF54E7F7
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 :
37
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
a c2 socket address and a scan socket address
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
ELF 32 LE
Detections:
HEUR:Exploit.Linux.Mvpower.a HEUR:Exploit.Linux.CVE-2017-17215.a HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=5e376938-1800-0000-2f06-87f1890c0000 pid=3209 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=de2c9a3a-1800-0000-2f06-87f18b0c0000 pid=3211 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=5e376938-1800-0000-2f06-87f1890c0000 pid=3209->guuid=de2c9a3a-1800-0000-2f06-87f18b0c0000 pid=3211 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Detected Mirai
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-11 13:28:01 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
25 of 36 (69.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:unstable linux
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:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
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:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf a8bf18f7e7f552fe70a4825c618baabc27544854a11a40ec7bb0d4b97521c6f7

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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