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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: af89452feb7669754977d28071f7c62f0af73109e6b234384a821632f5603829
SHA3-384 hash: cd7031b1dcd77504ba380565afab1e29ca1247418d126585b8028078ec3506f680e9141abd4ed275640e35e50adc6a96
SHA1 hash: af2d6c331b1a686a66c4cac14d20d60adc09f218
MD5 hash: f8009a86d474c34acc4cae97da7909ff
humanhash: sodium-alaska-nitrogen-item
File name:sora.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:104'508 bytes
First seen:2026-01-11 05:38:35 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:yzmbHewQKNYCawYfhewPSARnKYht6iZgBWBhL:yzmbH5PCT6i
TLSH T11BA32F097F201FBBF86BDC3759E52B46248C502721A97BB9F975C908F60B24B19E3871
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 89e585cc4f8e11164a2669338a4fbc814dce4f9fd4004c1f96ec7830c94783a4
File size (compressed) :32'752 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :104'508 bytes
Format:linux/mipsel
Packed file: 89e585cc4f8e11164a2669338a4fbc814dce4f9fd4004c1f96ec7830c94783a4

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
77
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Runs as daemon
Receives data from a server
Kills processes
Opens a port
Sends data to a server
Kills critical processes
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade mirai mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-01-11T03:45:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-11T06:30:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=8cffb715-1a00-0000-038b-c1aa230a0000 pid=2595 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=2cf68818-1a00-0000-038b-c1aa2c0a0000 pid=2604 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=8cffb715-1a00-0000-038b-c1aa230a0000 pid=2595->guuid=2cf68818-1a00-0000-038b-c1aa2c0a0000 pid=2604 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
80 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1848204 Sample: sora.mpsl.elf Startdate: 11/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 80 26 40.137.190.139, 23 WINDSTREAMUS United States 2->26 28 115.73.132.17, 23 VIETEL-AS-APViettelGroupVN Viet Nam 2->28 30 98 other IPs or domains 2->30 32 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->32 34 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->34 36 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->36 38 Yara detected Mirai 2->38 8 sora.mpsl.elf 2->8         started        10 dash rm 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 process5 14 sora.mpsl.elf 8->14         started        16 sora.mpsl.elf 8->16         started        18 sora.mpsl.elf 8->18         started        process6 20 sora.mpsl.elf 14->20         started        22 sora.mpsl.elf 14->22         started        24 sora.mpsl.elf 14->24         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-11 05:39:26 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:mirai defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Reads system network configuration
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (20306) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
botnet mirai Unix.Trojan.Mirai-6976991-0
YARA:
MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2 Mirai_Botnet_Malware
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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:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Mirai_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF malware Mirai related
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_2_RID2F3A
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects ELF malware Mirai related
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Mirai_Botnet_Malware
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Mirai_Botnet_Malware_RID2EF6
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
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


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Mirai

elf af89452feb7669754977d28071f7c62f0af73109e6b234384a821632f5603829

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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