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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: bf9bb4c900cb9e7de5c0ee457455b8a06f0f44cced440550bf818655ba105ef0
SHA3-384 hash: 584ae3aa1c68119cbf646263ac29fe9d53c44ecd25f75cc8023273e0e3834f93c3ad053c7163b9722fd96bd5754df369
SHA1 hash: 83a2f2253efc10a30a362451d106266dd3991bde
MD5 hash: fe7a337f317be5ed800a770fb5a6df83
humanhash: kilo-quiet-berlin-utah
File name:arm7
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:61'328 bytes
First seen:2026-09-24 08:58:25 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:coHsr1O0mVR9kMJhERfxoq+vWhLIzMSuUR3WCy0:DMZtmVLkMTEPoFyBsWCL
TLSH T1ED5302E073585198D0B56976E80F0BAE78BAB274D5D63107F26902EBDCE1803B93D764
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) :61'328 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :141'648 bytes
Format:linux/arm
Unpacked file: 1df80ce06971c31a0d332fd7ebe7d6c74a7e7bb3485298004c1c4e9482763532

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
68
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Sets a written file as executable
Receives data from a server
Manages services
Creates directories
Deletes a file
Changes access rights for a written file
Creating a file
Mounts file systems
Opens a port
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Launching a process
Runs as daemon
Sends data to a server
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-09-23T21:46:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-24T15:18:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=35348f8e-1a00-0000-d4d4-35e33b070000 pid=1851 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=ce975a91-1a00-0000-d4d4-35e33c070000 pid=1852 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=35348f8e-1a00-0000-d4d4-35e33b070000 pid=1851->guuid=ce975a91-1a00-0000-d4d4-35e33c070000 pid=1852 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
88 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Sample deletes itself
Sample is packed with UPX
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
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
Writes ELF files to hidden directories
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1977517 Sample: arm7.elf Startdate: 24/09/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 88 176 217.60.103.135, 34772, 34774, 34778 HOSTSNAP-NETWORK-HostSNAPLLCUS Switzerland 2->176 178 Yara detected Mirai 2->178 180 Sample is packed with UPX 2->180 14 arm7.elf 2->14         started        16 systemd sysd 2->16         started        18 systemd sysd 2->18         started        20 67 other processes 2->20 signatures3 process4 process5 22 arm7.elf 14->22         started        24 sysd 16->24         started        26 sysd 18->26         started        28 sysd 20->28         started        30 sysd 20->30         started        32 sysd 20->32         started        34 9 other processes 20->34 process6 36 arm7.elf 22->36         started        38 sysd 24->38         started        40 sysd 26->40         started        42 sysd 28->42         started        44 sysd 30->44         started        46 sysd 32->46         started        48 sysd 34->48         started        50 sysd 34->50         started        52 6 other processes 34->52 process7 54 arm7.elf 36->54         started        58 sysd 38->58         started        60 sysd 40->60         started        62 sysd 42->62         started        64 sysd 44->64         started        66 sysd 46->66         started        68 sysd 48->68         started        70 sysd 50->70         started        72 6 other processes 52->72 file8 168 /etc/rc.local, POSIX 54->168 dropped 170 /etc/init.d/system-service, POSIX 54->170 dropped 182 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 54->182 184 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 54->184 186 Writes ELF files to hidden directories 54->186 190 2 other signatures 54->190 74 10 other processes 54->74 188 Sample deletes itself 58->188 77 7 other processes 58->77 79 7 other processes 60->79 81 7 other processes 62->81 83 7 other processes 64->83 85 7 other processes 66->85 87 7 other processes 68->87 89 7 other processes 70->89 172 /var/tmp/.cache/sysd, ELF 72->172 dropped 91 42 other processes 72->91 signatures9 process10 signatures11 93 7 other processes 74->93 97 4 other processes 77->97 192 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 79->192 99 4 other processes 79->99 101 4 other processes 81->101 103 4 other processes 83->103 105 4 other processes 85->105 107 4 other processes 87->107 109 4 other processes 89->109 111 24 other processes 91->111 process12 file13 174 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.Ay5Iuf, ASCII 93->174 dropped 194 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 93->194 196 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 93->196 127 2 other processes 93->127 113 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 97->113         started        115 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 99->115         started        117 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 101->117         started        119 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 103->119         started        121 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 105->121         started        123 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 107->123         started        125 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 109->125         started        198 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 111->198 130 6 other processes 111->130 signatures14 process15 signatures16 132 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 113->132         started        134 2 other processes 113->134 136 3 other processes 115->136 138 3 other processes 117->138 140 3 other processes 119->140 142 3 other processes 121->142 144 3 other processes 123->144 146 3 other processes 125->146 200 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 127->200 148 18 other processes 130->148 process17 process18 150 update-rc.d systemctl 132->150         started        152 update-rc.d systemctl 134->152         started        154 2 other processes 136->154 156 2 other processes 138->156 158 2 other processes 140->158 160 2 other processes 142->160 162 2 other processes 144->162 164 2 other processes 146->164 166 12 other processes 148->166
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-09-24 03:11:26 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
8 of 38 (21.05%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
credential_access defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation upx
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Modifies Bash startup script
Reads process memory
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Modifies the /etc/hosts DNS resolution file
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_IoT_DVR_Botnet_Hama_UPX
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects packed and unpacked ELF IoT/DVR botnet variants targeting UPX compression structures and uncompressed code
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
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:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf bf9bb4c900cb9e7de5c0ee457455b8a06f0f44cced440550bf818655ba105ef0

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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