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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 12 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: bf4e5f21c3eddb747f54ee6e0f3bdbc77310b287cee499535c6d79570485ef3c
SHA3-384 hash: 231b0635abed0001bb5262958da77b3015ce8d3330dae80074577d3d0126bfdd1b1ea2fc9f8f1a378192f964e111b95d
SHA1 hash: 5c2cbada8bdde3cb87ec6526597cdfc3e3909798
MD5 hash: 8ac73c464d0e8054438f6d4e030cda65
humanhash: autumn-march-queen-fourteen
File name:main_x86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:93'100 bytes
First seen:2026-09-18 23:33:18 UTC
Last seen:2026-09-19 09:24:00 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:TeLXmjgFcwOBFVSc9ouBM/ccDyzYEInmUR7ZskVyKl6SyXjm:ToXmjgeDBFLauBM/AFI9Zp0syq
TLSH T1BA936DC4F683D0F2E85745B56476E33A6B33E43A102DEE8BC7299936DC91910DA173AC
telfhash t1765125f72e2b4ce873e46840c31a6a91295ad377196032f745b35ca432ebdc040abc3a
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 :
2
# of downloads :
64
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Kills processes
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Runs as daemon
DNS request
Creating a file
Traces processes
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
bash lolbin
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
2
Number of processes launched:
3
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Anti-Debugging
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-09-18T18:52:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-19T22:26:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=fdd6146b-1e00-0000-8111-ea9dd5080000 pid=2261 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=2b8f3d6f-1e00-0000-8111-ea9ddc080000 pid=2268 /tmp/sample.bin delete-file net guuid=fdd6146b-1e00-0000-8111-ea9dd5080000 pid=2261->guuid=2b8f3d6f-1e00-0000-8111-ea9ddc080000 pid=2268 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=2b8f3d6f-1e00-0000-8111-ea9ddc080000 pid=2268->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=cf429f6f-1e00-0000-8111-ea9ddd080000 pid=2269 /tmp/sample.bin dns net send-data zombie guuid=2b8f3d6f-1e00-0000-8111-ea9ddc080000 pid=2268->guuid=cf429f6f-1e00-0000-8111-ea9ddd080000 pid=2269 clone guuid=cf429f6f-1e00-0000-8111-ea9ddd080000 pid=2269->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 send: 270B 884b2e25-50f2-5214-a9c5-fcae608965e2 1312x.sbs:1995 guuid=cf429f6f-1e00-0000-8111-ea9ddd080000 pid=2269->884b2e25-50f2-5214-a9c5-fcae608965e2 send: 4B guuid=6614bf6f-1e00-0000-8111-ea9dde080000 pid=2270 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=cf429f6f-1e00-0000-8111-ea9ddd080000 pid=2269->guuid=6614bf6f-1e00-0000-8111-ea9dde080000 pid=2270 clone
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-18 23:34:25 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
linux
Behaviour
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Deletes itself
Traces itself
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' ELF files
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:elf_persirai_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects elf.persirai.
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_5f7b67b8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
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


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

Web download

Mirai

elf bf4e5f21c3eddb747f54ee6e0f3bdbc77310b287cee499535c6d79570485ef3c

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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