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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 16 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: aac44a8c65d18205020cdd93557880bbfb35f6df104abe241e70b6109ef44a11
SHA3-384 hash: 4c9bdd77803ea02636ab97fefd326fee57f995656bef451d018d34381aa2d0688902166fd49afb9bf146b20fa0b6b756
SHA1 hash: d4edac9a12bd45a4bda899878b8f85dc3d4a53dd
MD5 hash: 2108dd58db2b950311f4d205c6eef671
humanhash: nine-green-coffee-wolfram
File name:debug
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:79'796 bytes
First seen:2025-11-08 12:16:20 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:zD+FnUYl4dUrbzmN2op8NW2Mzd+REYaGL3SGQAlBn:zD+Fh4dAdoONVMBEEADQ2Bn
TLSH T180736CC6F6C7C8F6EC130A3111767B2759B3E13E32A5CB83C3A9E636D812980E11625D
telfhash t19c31e4fb1ebe4ce8a7d99840831e5b15185ae77b252436b74223cd64329fdd150bbc38
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 upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 063753e2b18bec108b1088ca2229ecfa3b4b9631b9f05de733112ff8533b8ea4
File size (compressed) :40'028 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :79'796 bytes
Format:linux/i386
Packed file: 063753e2b18bec108b1088ca2229ecfa3b4b9631b9f05de733112ff8533b8ea4

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
39
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Opens a port
DNS request
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
46
Number of processes launched:
4
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-11-08T09:23:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-09T23:36:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.bl HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.bj HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.r
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=43d6fd3c-1800-0000-c7aa-5b1fe60d0000 pid=3558 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=e8a50f3f-1800-0000-c7aa-5b1fed0d0000 pid=3565 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data guuid=43d6fd3c-1800-0000-c7aa-5b1fe60d0000 pid=3558->guuid=e8a50f3f-1800-0000-c7aa-5b1fed0d0000 pid=3565 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=e8a50f3f-1800-0000-c7aa-5b1fed0d0000 pid=3565->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 send: 540B b2255150-2060-5b7f-9786-12d5e647a020 84.201.5.31:12121 guuid=e8a50f3f-1800-0000-c7aa-5b1fed0d0000 pid=3565->b2255150-2060-5b7f-9786-12d5e647a020 con guuid=4002e17a-1800-0000-c7aa-5b1f4f0e0000 pid=3663 /tmp/sample.bin dns net send-data guuid=e8a50f3f-1800-0000-c7aa-5b1fed0d0000 pid=3565->guuid=4002e17a-1800-0000-c7aa-5b1f4f0e0000 pid=3663 clone guuid=0c27cea7-1900-0000-c7aa-5b1f0c110000 pid=4364 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=e8a50f3f-1800-0000-c7aa-5b1fed0d0000 pid=3565->guuid=0c27cea7-1900-0000-c7aa-5b1f0c110000 pid=4364 clone guuid=4002e17a-1800-0000-c7aa-5b1f4f0e0000 pid=3663->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 send: 252B 62d17e6a-4c11-5f38-bf9d-8aec77b84b23 mortex.duckdns.org:12121 guuid=4002e17a-1800-0000-c7aa-5b1f4f0e0000 pid=3663->62d17e6a-4c11-5f38-bf9d-8aec77b84b23 con guuid=a055ee7a-1800-0000-c7aa-5b1f500e0000 pid=3664 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=4002e17a-1800-0000-c7aa-5b1f4f0e0000 pid=3663->guuid=a055ee7a-1800-0000-c7aa-5b1f500e0000 pid=3664 clone
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
68 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Uses dynamic DNS services
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1810510 Sample: debug.elf Startdate: 08/11/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 68 18 mortex.duckdns.org 2->18 20 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->20 22 3 other IPs or domains 2->22 24 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->24 26 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->26 28 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->28 8 debug.elf 2->8         started        10 python3.8 dpkg 2->10         started        signatures3 30 Uses dynamic DNS services 18->30 process4 process5 12 debug.elf 8->12         started        14 debug.elf 8->14         started        process6 16 debug.elf 12->16         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-08 12:17:16 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 24 (79.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai defense_evasion discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Enumerates running processes
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
mortex.duckdns.org
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan mirai gafgyt Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7100807-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_5bf62ce4 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_fa3ad9d0 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d Linux_Trojan_Mirai_93fc3657 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_804f8e7c Linux_Trojan_Mirai_99d78950 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_a68e498c Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f Linux_Trojan_Mirai_ae9d0fa6 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_5bf62ce4
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_804f8e7c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_93fc3657
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_99d78950
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_a68e498c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_ae9d0fa6
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_fa3ad9d0
Author:Elastic Security
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 aac44a8c65d18205020cdd93557880bbfb35f6df104abe241e70b6109ef44a11

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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