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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a9d8f8e4ee27496242ce152dc6f02deccd2f8aa461331bbc7b1a2ca41dde094f
SHA3-384 hash: 592004a1aac278a62a210f71972fe15994c45a22d9e30ea3f0344273fa360e001ac35efb51e1f5a8830e8e463546fcd8
SHA1 hash: e46b593a3eacb0149498e167949cf9da457be0a4
MD5 hash: e38de18951ec1568f4a1a2b610d88869
humanhash: mobile-fifteen-echo-juliet
File name:morte.armv5l
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:150'400 bytes
First seen:2025-07-21 07:23:18 UTC
Last seen:2025-07-21 09:49:49 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:a/iaL2l3sWxiV6kfmXwTHzI62NSP7yNn6x:a/iaL2l3sWxBEmXwT86cs7yNn6
TLSH T11DE32A45FC508B62C6C212B7FB5E028D372A17A9D3EE72039D156F25378B96B0E3B542
telfhash t17e110211df68196d5bf0c04c41de246666f971d4366b3903db1e624f8a93dd5b438433
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 :
3
# of downloads :
16
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
lolbin obfuscated remote
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
0
Number of processes launched:
0
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
type:Mirai 160.187.246.23:10022
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=2de7ef09-1b00-0000-edd2-67ae80090000 pid=2432 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=53beb00c-1b00-0000-edd2-67ae89090000 pid=2441 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=2de7ef09-1b00-0000-edd2-67ae80090000 pid=2432->guuid=53beb00c-1b00-0000-edd2-67ae89090000 pid=2441 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai, Xmrig
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Drops invisible ELF files
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Uses dynamic DNS services
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1740902 Sample: morte.armv5l.elf Startdate: 21/07/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 32 traxanhc2.duckdns.org 2->32 34 traxanhc2.duckdns.org 160.187.246.23, 10022, 34760 OCNNTTCommunicationsCorporationJP unknown 2->34 42 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->42 44 Yara detected Gafgyt 2->44 46 Yara detected Mirai 2->46 48 Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner 2->48 10 morte.armv5l.elf 2->10         started        signatures3 50 Uses dynamic DNS services 32->50 process4 signatures5 58 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 10->58 13 morte.armv5l.elf 10->13         started        process6 process7 15 morte.armv5l.elf 13->15         started        file8 30 /etc/init.d/sysd, POSIX 15->30 dropped 36 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 15->36 38 Drops files in suspicious directories 15->38 40 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 15->40 19 morte.armv5l.elf sh 15->19         started        21 morte.armv5l.elf 15->21         started        signatures9 process10 signatures11 24 sh cp 19->24         started        52 Sample deletes itself 21->52 process12 file13 28 /usr/bin/.sh, ELF 24->28 dropped 54 Drops invisible ELF files 24->54 56 Drops files in suspicious directories 24->56 signatures14
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-07-21 07:24:30 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 35 (42.86%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet credential_access discovery persistence
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Reads process memory
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Write file to user bin folder
Deletes itself
Mirai
Mirai family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
traxanhc2.duckdns.org
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_d94e1020
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf a9d8f8e4ee27496242ce152dc6f02deccd2f8aa461331bbc7b1a2ca41dde094f

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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