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Database Entry


Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: aaf17f99b04919e882e54a64e99d4209ce8b726427c8e7ecb0cb232361800aee
SHA3-384 hash: 4653fd66802560aed3ab71a272eda6d57cde8b25b7abb2c269cc6641310ab912508e96ac297a6cf72056c276591961d7
SHA1 hash: c661d4c0a907700958e91eef07a43fc13c41c1c3
MD5 hash: 0f1e239193347568ae8aa77171fcfb76
humanhash: quebec-lamp-quiet-low
File name:6ad7962bb545eab3.bin
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
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File size:255'876 bytes
First seen:2026-10-05 09:25:34 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:LhO6cHu5vv8Gan1KFnswQebOWIwh6kC5VY8cNRZrX1g:tNv8SswQebOYSVY8Cm
TLSH T1FD443C55F990DA22CAD0267EFB6E428C335B07B4D3EA7103DD149F2532EB94A0F7A941
telfhash t170e0d800547260e2e28bb2155078952a40bf2195466629c04bd6395e5d12e6456d3d3f
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai upx-dec


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UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 6ad7962bb545eab340c23f4fe61511d99a04c051d9c5d4db26f47ce99244c030
File size (compressed) :103'164 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :255'876 bytes
Format:linux/arm
Packed file: 6ad7962bb545eab340c23f4fe61511d99a04c051d9c5d4db26f47ce99244c030

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
89
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Sanesecurity.Malware.29052.TSource.UNOFFICIAL
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Sanesecurity.Malware.29325.LC.Pl.UNOFFICIAL
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SecuriteInfo.com.Linux.Mirai-31.UNOFFICIAL
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SecuriteInfo.com.Linux.Mirai-58.UNOFFICIAL
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SecuriteInfo.com.Linux.Mirai-81.UNOFFICIAL
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Unix.Trojan.Mirai-10011027-0
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Unix.Trojan.Mirai-10011918-0
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Unix.Trojan.Mirai-9441505-0
Create hunting rule

Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Manages services
Receives data from a server
Collects information on the RAM
Sends data to a server
Launching a process
Creating a process from a recently created file
Sets a written file as executable
Runs as daemon
Connection attempt
Collects information on the CPU
Kills processes
DNS request
Creating a file
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc masquerade rust
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6ac36d3a1c1a3e0f6e93b5ee/reports/8a5c22a0-39f3-4f4b-a1a3-e7e59e7825c5/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
124
Number of processes launched:
26
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Full report:
https://elfdigest.com/brief/aaf17f99b04919e882e54a64e99d4209ce8b726427c8e7ecb0cb232361800aee
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Persistence
Process Renaming
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:
2026-10-05T07:36:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-06T19:47:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/aaf17f99b04919e882e54a64e99d4209ce8b726427c8e7ecb0cb232361800aee/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/5a7624bf-abab-4097-9d70-032260140028
Behavior Graph:
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%3 guuid=60dac5d6-1600-0000-0e4a-ae1b870c0000 pid=3207 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=d40e6cdb-1600-0000-0e4a-ae1b880c0000 pid=3208 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=60dac5d6-1600-0000-0e4a-ae1b870c0000 pid=3207->guuid=d40e6cdb-1600-0000-0e4a-ae1b880c0000 pid=3208 execve
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1982279
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Drops files in suspicious directories
Drops invisible ELF files
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Modifies the '.bashrc' or '.bash_profile' file typically for persisting actions
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Tries to open /proc/mtd (commonly found in embedded devices)
Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1982279 Sample: 6ad7962bb545eab3.bin.elf Startdate: 05/10/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 66 njspeedtest.rackdog.com 158.51.205.243, 53902, 8080 RACKDOG-LLC-RackdogLLCUS United States 2->66 68 151.101.2.219, 51484, 80 FASTLY-FastlyIncUS Canada 2->68 70 3 other IPs or domains 2->70 72 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->72 74 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->74 76 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->76 78 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->78 11 6ad7962bb545eab3.bin.elf 2->11         started        14 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->14         started        16 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->16         started        18 9 other processes 2->18 signatures3 process4 signatures5 92 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 11->92 20 6ad7962bb545eab3.bin.elf 11->20         started        process6 process7 22 6ad7962bb545eab3.bin.elf 20->22         started        file8 58 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root, ASCII 22->58 dropped 60 /tmp/.sys, ELF 22->60 dropped 62 /root/.bashrc, ASCII 22->62 dropped 64 6 other malicious files 22->64 dropped 84 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 22->84 86 Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations 22->86 88 Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile 22->88 90 7 other signatures 22->90 26 6ad7962bb545eab3.bin.elf sh 22->26         started        28 6ad7962bb545eab3.bin.elf sh 22->28         started        30 6ad7962bb545eab3.bin.elf sh 22->30         started        32 5 other processes 22->32 signatures9 process10 process11 34 sh at 26->34         started        38 sh 26->38         started        40 sh update-rc.d 28->40         started        42 sh syshelper 30->42         started        44 sh systemctl 32->44         started        46 sh systemctl 32->46         started        48 sh systemctl 32->48         started        file12 54 /var/spool/cron/atjobs/a0000101c78663, POSIX 34->54 dropped 56 /var/spool/cron/atjobs/.SEQ, ASCII 34->56 dropped 80 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 34->80 82 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 40->82 50 update-rc.d systemctl 40->50         started        52 syshelper .sys 42->52         started        signatures13 process14
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/aaf17f99b04919e882e54a64e99d4209ce8b726427c8e7ecb0cb232361800aee
Detection:
mirai
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Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/aaf17f99b04919e882e54a64e99d4209ce8b726427c8e7ecb0cb232361800aee/
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-05 09:26:15 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 38 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=vlyx7gnqjem6raxfjjsothkcbhhiw4tee7eop3fqzmrsgymablxa._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
antivm defense_evasion discovery exection execution persistence privilege_escalation
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/261005-lecfzsst5m/
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to shm directory
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Modifies Bash startup script
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Schedules an At job
Executes dropped EXE
Modifies the dynamic linker configuration file
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Suspicious File
Score:
0.30
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/aaf17f99b04919e882e54a64e99d4209ce8b726427c8e7ecb0cb232361800aee

YARA Signatures

MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
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Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
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Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
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Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:has_telegram_urls
Create hunting rule
Author:Aaron DeVera<aaron@backchannel.re>
Description:Detects Telegram URLs
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Create hunting rule
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Create hunting rule
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
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Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Create hunting rule
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Create hunting rule
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
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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.

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Mirai

elf 6ad7962bb545eab340c23f4fe61511d99a04c051d9c5d4db26f47ce99244c030

Mirai

elf aaf17f99b04919e882e54a64e99d4209ce8b726427c8e7ecb0cb232361800aee

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
SHA256 6ad7962bb545eab340c23f4fe61511d99a04c051d9c5d4db26f47ce99244c030
  
Dropped by
MD5 17050a12da5db0f86d4b8edcae3c563b

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