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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a939048e4374176a6259a19da544423cdc838e532a978fbb2508fefea8e5c88a
SHA3-384 hash: cbf978bc2e52d7e5cad5cb2b9fb60a8ca966a0566470fc37719e820136e6c8d0843ebff15e7e1579767ea63df62c78c6
SHA1 hash: 1187ad056d16796ba8bc11accca23cef2efdc3ae
MD5 hash: 510cf874be4c232871511646e0dbd604
humanhash: friend-neptune-asparagus-carpet
File name:fullgc-linux-x86_64
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:3'077'332 bytes
First seen:2026-03-01 18:25:10 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 49152:FKgAmhqLEK9IvztjyVGeguar2UUYwvwYzyQWV/yxpP475L448cOy7R2yGxq3djX:FKShqLEK6jyk5J2V3vx2Tan4h4DyAyGk
TLSH T17CE53337D40338D7ED41716DFE2B836A5510190FECE2FE8D6606BE5AF6B98450D2A213
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 UPX
File size (compressed) :3'077'332 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :8'338'672 bytes
Format:linux/amd64
Unpacked file: e99315f6d267ecd7b5fcaeaa6057a8db75f66931dad11a99f90e4d665907dbea

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
51
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
coinminer miner monero packed upx xmrig
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
1
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
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Adware
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-02-05T10:43:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-02-08T04:56:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad.mine
Score:
72 / 100
Signature
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is packed with UPX
Stdout / stderr contain strings indicative of a mining client
Tries to load the MSR kernel module used for reading/writing to CPUs model specific register
Writes to CPU model specific registers (MSR) (e.g. miners improve performance by disabling HW prefetcher)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Miner
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-05 16:26:03 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
16 of 36 (44.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
xmrig_linux
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xmrig family:xmrig_linux antivm discovery linux miner upx
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Reads CPU attributes
Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)
Reads hardware information
XMRig Miner payload
Xmrig family
Xmrig_linux family
xmrig
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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

Web download

Mirai

elf a939048e4374176a6259a19da544423cdc838e532a978fbb2508fefea8e5c88a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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