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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: acfcabaf7efea0585edaa36b830ca0346b7de8801c5c3994420cb7c68fec4d82
SHA3-384 hash: 04440c0b3bd15396ae558db50ca2be2d19543cbfdaa516e96199e471e61d0c902c34c23f787c963381546195ca75623f
SHA1 hash: 25c1a6a52aafaf86ec270a9b914641d9a114dcee
MD5 hash: 4a5a627c6f5c9d39dbc74e66ab52f330
humanhash: connecticut-grey-moon-moon
File name:xd.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:738'432 bytes
First seen:2026-08-07 14:25:39 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:bCprkAdiJbjHDw5rgmOtY/4iAEGKoWRstBTNffcp+aIBxXP89Pf2SjDPwbG6xNK9:b3I8E1I34i28HeEULxymNVDgfC
TLSH T11BF45B02FF446FEBC46FCD70892DC35B14EDA98756C1A27971FC4A8CBA5965A0EC3488
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 :
1
# of downloads :
79
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Opens a port
Sets a written file as executable
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Runs as daemon
Collects information on the CPU
Creating a file
Traces processes
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Kills critical processes
Deleting of the original file
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm gcc masquerade mirai obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-06T20:36:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-06T22:27:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=5e41c87b-1800-0000-dc71-38914b0d0000 pid=3403 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=0404ae7f-1800-0000-dc71-38914c0d0000 pid=3404 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=5e41c87b-1800-0000-dc71-38914b0d0000 pid=3403->guuid=0404ae7f-1800-0000-dc71-38914c0d0000 pid=3404 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-07 01:59:41 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 36 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
antivm defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Reads CPU attributes
Reads system network configuration
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Deletes itself
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Traces itself
Contacts a large (73334) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
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:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:Linux_Exploit_CVE_2017_17215_8b78a857
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Exploit code used in the ZeroBot malware
Rule name:Linux_Exploit_CVE_2018_10562_badc0676
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Exploit code used in the ZeroBot malware
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_1ac392ca
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Mirai_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:malwareelf55503
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:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf acfcabaf7efea0585edaa36b830ca0346b7de8801c5c3994420cb7c68fec4d82

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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