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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b9d23eb589038e7f01f869f5379777675bc0b0fa17f597170144197a417ef982
SHA3-384 hash: df4a35c7b7cdef8685c04d58fe6e1800b9da8a101ee0fc81c79964ef76d48b83a568098b07a0b84e85bfc612e4d9e4f9
SHA1 hash: b468cd00c2123e9362203bd43868cd16bebbb89f
MD5 hash: 0ac296de2ef5545169ddb9ca501aac00
humanhash: nine-stream-princess-illinois
File name:mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:64'380 bytes
First seen:2026-02-16 13:41:52 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:yGtQ8AKyjOz8lIrDXUAFAMSL3bKL2LZgsF8qD:yM6KyazQODU4L2LB
TLSH T1A053831AAF650FFBEC6BCD3745A91B49349C640A12E93B367934C818BA5B20F45E3C74
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 :
87
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
7
Number of processes launched:
1
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=708d81e4-1700-0000-e0ff-e797470b0000 pid=2887 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=d6c7a5e6-1700-0000-e0ff-e7974a0b0000 pid=2890 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=708d81e4-1700-0000-e0ff-e797470b0000 pid=2887->guuid=d6c7a5e6-1700-0000-e0ff-e7974a0b0000 pid=2890 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1869953 Sample: mpsl.elf Startdate: 16/02/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 24 197.152.120.3 airtel-tz-asTZ Tanzania United Republic of 2->24 26 147.229.152.42, 23 VUTBR-ASCZ Czech Republic 2->26 28 99 other IPs or domains 2->28 30 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->30 32 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->32 34 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->34 36 3 other signatures 2->36 8 mpsl.elf 2->8         started        10 dash rm 2->10         started        12 dash grep 2->12         started        14 dash rm 2->14         started        signatures3 process4 process5 16 mpsl.elf 8->16         started        process6 18 mpsl.elf 16->18         started        20 mpsl.elf 16->20         started        22 mpsl.elf 16->22         started       
Gathering data
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Enumerates running processes
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (79675) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0bce98a2
Author:Elastic Security
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:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf b9d23eb589038e7f01f869f5379777675bc0b0fa17f597170144197a417ef982

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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