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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c17c3f20520decb29955fa89d2a0b89ce67c63ae334a23cab2543094020d6d16
SHA3-384 hash: 5d06d7b4654a04ed3344dd8a57f581d36212446a9961d0970f9b18a54bbb9eb72e38840ab26f3ee4e04d076cb18f27cc
SHA1 hash: b796057b5fa3b8931ebf5d5c72f97d232137f3b5
MD5 hash: cfc2858705a8665fb0aacf3fc983f5db
humanhash: oklahoma-utah-sink-early
File name:mipsel
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:86'700 bytes
First seen:2026-10-11 17:26:26 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-12 09:18:02 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:XY4SHxhQrM18vVQRX8vELxUDuxUUwhuL1KBQ08C4DZbaNviGBw/lFdcW4VFn:XSHPQf2iKkxcL1KBQwkZZ/lFdp4/n
TLSH T11983020DD9D6A0DDE9A008F97D4A0E33354D9501029B0BCAEB32C9747749BE3E95E876
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) :86'700 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :271'028 bytes
Format:linux/mipsel
Unpacked file: 6bec8a9265b6aab89accfc91923e3313ae52b8fe5efbee5ab6e8c65d07ac1bc5

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
95
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Collects information on the CPU
Collects information on the RAM
Connection attempt
Sets a file as executable
Manages services
Locks files
Sends data to a server
Creates directories
Creating a file
Receives data from a server
Sets a written file as executable
Launching a process
Kills processes
Runs as daemon
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Writes files to system subdirectory
Kills critical processes
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-10-11T13:33:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-13T12:39:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=20fb88a5-1a00-0000-5fea-f899c1080000 pid=2241 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=0c0bada9-1a00-0000-5fea-f899c8080000 pid=2248 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=20fb88a5-1a00-0000-5fea-f899c1080000 pid=2241->guuid=0c0bada9-1a00-0000-5fea-f899c8080000 pid=2248 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-10-11 17:27:26 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
9 of 24 (37.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
antivm defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation upx
Behaviour
Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Reads system network configuration
UPX packed file
Creates/modifies Cron job
Deletes log files
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Deletes itself
Deletes journal logs
Modifies the /etc/hosts DNS resolution file
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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: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


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

Web download

Mirai

elf c17c3f20520decb29955fa89d2a0b89ce67c63ae334a23cab2543094020d6d16

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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