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Mirai


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ac6ec8438fcbd2767d540a937382d82c744c1e0d8e6ef1e06e40764c3b70a15c
SHA3-384 hash: 3a3b5d6e5eff06920991fb0501c683b8071a009e5d25f1c1408f989c296b32d49a7f696bf4b34c9c168307e49025e950
SHA1 hash: f86cf7d11a939d681c33bbd5d1c054401e862889
MD5 hash: a3dbab2a4c388be8f87d696c5153a62d
humanhash: oven-quebec-ten-ohio
File name:morte.spc
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:91'640 bytes
First seen:2025-11-08 09:25:19 UTC
Last seen:2025-11-09 01:31:04 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:olcz3RpJLpvSXrmR1Boe97z3ktdxYm5U8UZ5RtF2L:OKfb/UzxYOt/L
TLSH T1D5937C22B9791A3BC4E4947752F34332F2F6478A20B88B1E7DB10E8EBF1565036476B5
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
92
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
CVE-2017-17215 gafgyt masquerade mirai obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2025-11-07T23:52:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-08T08:30:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Exploit.Linux.CVE-2017-17215.a HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.r HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.bl HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.bj
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=f27503b4-1600-0000-c620-de7fbe0c0000 pid=3262 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=66ec97b6-1600-0000-c620-de7fc10c0000 pid=3265 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=f27503b4-1600-0000-c620-de7fbe0c0000 pid=3262->guuid=66ec97b6-1600-0000-c620-de7fc10c0000 pid=3265 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
92 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses dynamic DNS services
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1810424 Sample: morte.spc.elf Startdate: 08/11/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 92 40 teamc2.duckdns.org 2->40 42 197.190.103.243 zain-asGH Ghana 2->42 44 99 other IPs or domains 2->44 46 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->46 48 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->48 50 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->50 54 3 other signatures 2->54 10 morte.spc.elf 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 dash rm 2->14         started        16 python3.8 dpkg 2->16         started        signatures3 52 Uses dynamic DNS services 40->52 process4 process5 18 morte.spc.elf 10->18         started        20 morte.spc.elf 10->20         started        22 morte.spc.elf 10->22         started        24 morte.spc.elf 10->24         started        process6 26 morte.spc.elf 18->26         started        28 morte.spc.elf 18->28         started        30 morte.spc.elf 18->30         started        32 morte.spc.elf 20->32         started        process7 34 morte.spc.elf 26->34         started        36 morte.spc.elf 32->36         started        process8 38 morte.spc.elf 34->38         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-08 04:45:00 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
25 of 37 (67.57%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai linux
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
teamc2.duckdns.org
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
botnet mirai Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7100807-0
YARA:
MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CVE_2017_17215
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2017-17215
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF Mirai variant
Reference:Internal Research
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


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Web download

Mirai

elf ac6ec8438fcbd2767d540a937382d82c744c1e0d8e6ef1e06e40764c3b70a15c

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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