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Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 13 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: ab53a6740e4c6569f1446104c8e96f978caa2f4395d2e1c802d5061e8349630d
SHA3-384 hash: 862c47d8140bb6e8115e96817a4638f7df19e7c146cd1cd3f957f32fa09bdde2eec2fe904abdecffd07cad658d29cccf
SHA1 hash: ec84d78e904fd967e3829f032d172ea02c6c1044
MD5 hash: d62a122316e98d76a90bcb832444ae51
humanhash: indigo-arkansas-ceiling-johnny
File name:ppc
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Signature Mirai
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File size:439'552 bytes
First seen:2026-08-10 05:34:25 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:/S1zDjpM5wpRIBvSeL/uYUrwU8aQlvuDk9mo2SGYWmTLy:/S9jpM5fB6eLdU0USvu4l2SAmTe
TLSH T176942A44A3B0D3DED1A6EE70233A3E1A9FA6062730977546211FFA6303B21714AD9DF5
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
56
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Sanesecurity.Malware.30435.LC.UNOFFICIAL
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Sanesecurity.Malware.32144.LX.BOT.UNOFFICIAL
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Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Opens a port
Creating a file
Traces processes
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6a7962ffffaf1425346d0896/reports/2e8be7d5-fc62-46fd-b774-e12137efed3e/overview
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/4e443f12-915f-4450-bfed-ab03ab3b5fd7
Behavior Graph:
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%3 guuid=c6fab858-1d00-0000-9cd2-f1aada0a0000 pid=2778 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=9f352f5b-1d00-0000-9cd2-f1aae10a0000 pid=2785 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=c6fab858-1d00-0000-9cd2-f1aada0a0000 pid=2778->guuid=9f352f5b-1d00-0000-9cd2-f1aae10a0000 pid=2785 execve
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/f1f7bda2-9c18-4b8e-85b8-02a1b61b80fe
Result
Threat name:
DirtyFrag, Mirai
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1954808
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Attempts to enable/disable Ctrl-Alt-Delete system rebooting
Drops files in suspicious directories
Drops invisible ELF files
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Uses TOR for connection hidding
Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations
Yara detected DirtyFrag
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1954808 Sample: ppc.elf Startdate: 10/08/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 34 control.tor2web-relay-fast.onion 2->34 36 sync.softwaremirror.workers.dev 2->36 38 9 other IPs or domains 2->38 40 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->40 42 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->42 44 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->44 48 2 other signatures 2->48 9 ppc.elf 2->9         started        signatures3 46 Uses TOR for connection hidding 34->46 process4 process5 11 ppc.elf 9->11         started        signatures6 50 Attempts to enable/disable Ctrl-Alt-Delete system rebooting 11->50 14 ppc.elf 11->14         started        process7 file8 26 /var/tmp/.network-dispatch, ELF 14->26 dropped 28 /var/spool/.network-dispatch, ELF 14->28 dropped 30 /var/opt/.network-dispatch, ELF 14->30 dropped 32 14 other malicious files 14->32 dropped 52 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 14->52 54 Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations 14->54 56 Drops invisible ELF files 14->56 58 2 other signatures 14->58 18 ppc.elf systemctl 14->18         started        20 ppc.elf systemctl 14->20         started        22 ppc.elf systemctl 14->22         started        24 13 other processes 14->24 signatures9 process10
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/ab53a6740e4c6569f1446104c8e96f978caa2f4395d2e1c802d5061e8349630d
Detection:
mirai
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Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/ab53a6740e4c6569f1446104c8e96f978caa2f4395d2e1c802d5061e8349630d/
Threat name:
Linux.Exploit.DirtyFrag
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-10 05:37:42 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
8 of 36 (22.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=vnj2m5aojrswt4kemecmr2lps6gkul2dsxjodsac2udb5a2jmmgq._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
linux
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260810-f9zl4sbq7x/
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Legit
Score:
0.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/ab53a6740e4c6569f1446104c8e96f978caa2f4395d2e1c802d5061e8349630d

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
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Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:EXPL_HKTL_LNX_DirtyFragShellcode_May26
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Author:Pezier Pierre-Henri (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a shellcode observed in dirtyfrag, a local privilege escalation exploit for Linux.
Reference:https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag/tree/master
Rule name:EXPL_LNX_DirtyFrag_ForensicArtefacts_May26
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Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects DirtyFrag exploit code POC usage in Linux environments
Reference:https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag/tree/master
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
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Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_variants_catcher
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Author:@_lubiedo
Description:Find IPv6 capable malware for a set of IoT variants
Rule name:linux_generic_irc_catcher
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Author:@_lubiedo
Description:Find new ELF IRC samples
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
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Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:setsockopt
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
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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 ab53a6740e4c6569f1446104c8e96f978caa2f4395d2e1c802d5061e8349630d

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3900480/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3900534/

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