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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b0a47d02af0ca35829fa988410ae80267986b1e5b0720a14b7934faea454404c
SHA3-384 hash: aa030717b980d666003c317925c38699c0782c6971c3b25d30108d0e6fad875e3344d61c55afb9d2fc3e7c07349ceeac
SHA1 hash: cf17e1d60a9d79d83c61c82c2b9677d2e41ae6d4
MD5 hash: 701ba49d419db77f6b604dae9db63fa2
humanhash: diet-sweet-lemon-echo
File name:morte.i686
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:56'824 bytes
First seen:2025-11-29 10:15:42 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:sMgxMzXat+KIJldUMe4WfCdipL0qeLLGPeinouy8HyB:sM7KtJslhe4WfCQpL0q4Lee6outK
TLSH T1D043F1DBD7A68332EC2B92B68D3F394B0718C10C00959413B1D527A6A9F8F551F6ABA4
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
File size (compressed) :56'824 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :148'976 bytes
Format:linux/i386
Unpacked file: c66891c613ea979d1d5f1640de32df1fd51bfc9e16a9264395135cac18e9d1b8

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
30
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Changes access rights for a written file
Deleting a recently created file
Launching a process
Sends data to a server
Removes directories
Receives data from a server
Creating a file
Sets a written file as executable
Runs as daemon
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Opens a port
DNS request
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade mirai packed upx
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-11-29T05:21:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-29T07:05:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
Mirai, Gafgyt
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Deletes system log files
Detected Mirai
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Manipulation of devices in /dev
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is packed with UPX
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
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1822807 Sample: morte.i686.elf Startdate: 29/11/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 74 205.124.55.245, 52869, 80, 8080 WEST-NET-WESTUS United States 2->74 76 101.120.128.38, 52869, 80, 8080 VODAFONE-AS-APVodafoneAustraliaPtyLtdAU China 2->76 78 98 other IPs or domains 2->78 86 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->86 88 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->88 90 Detected Mirai 2->90 92 5 other signatures 2->92 12 morte.i686.elf 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 process5 14 morte.i686.elf 12->14         started        process6 16 morte.i686.elf 14->16         started        file7 66 /etc/init.d/sysd, POSIX 16->66 dropped 80 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 16->80 82 Drops files in suspicious directories 16->82 84 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 16->84 20 morte.i686.elf 16->20         started        22 morte.i686.elf 16->22         started        25 morte.i686.elf sh 16->25         started        signatures8 process9 file10 27 morte.i686.elf 20->27         started        29 morte.i686.elf sh 20->29         started        31 morte.i686.elf 20->31         started        39 3 other processes 20->39 68 /usr/Bin), ELF 22->68 dropped 33 morte.i686.elf 22->33         started        35 morte.i686.elf sh 22->35         started        37 sh cp 25->37         started        process11 process12 57 712 other processes 27->57 41 sh crontab 29->41         started        45 sh 29->45         started        47 morte.i686.elf 31->47         started        49 morte.i686.elf 31->49         started        51 morte.i686.elf 31->51         started        59 280 other processes 33->59 53 sh crontab 35->53         started        55 sh 35->55         started        file13 70 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.VzsSNw, ASCII 41->70 dropped 94 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 41->94 96 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 41->96 61 sh crontab 45->61         started        98 Manipulation of devices in /dev 47->98 100 Deletes system log files 47->100 72 /var/spool/cron/cr...mp.fBou00 (deleted), ASCII 53->72 dropped 64 sh crontab 55->64         started        signatures14 process15 signatures16 102 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 61->102
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-29 10:16:22 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
16 of 36 (44.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet defense_evasion discovery execution linux persistence privilege_escalation upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
UPX packed file
Creates a large amount of network flows
Creates/modifies Cron job
Deletes log files
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Writes file to system bin folder
Deletes Audit logs
Deletes journal logs
Deletes system logs
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (2464) amount of remote hosts
Mirai
Mirai family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
draft21.redirectme.net
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7135858-0
YARA:
n/a
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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Mirai

elf b0a47d02af0ca35829fa988410ae80267986b1e5b0720a14b7934faea454404c

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