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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c1e18f001c741318465dfdafe36aa0e321e04d1d03f8ee79a0744644fe880cc5
SHA3-384 hash: ecacac7aa3ca4232dc19d4bad7a0745aade7b8432981d3d9ed82699663a350f47a2ff82238074ae5a0c38e5ed3acda39
SHA1 hash: ad9f59908c4cec747b0e3c8800c432e5ef707cb6
MD5 hash: 286661a472d0dd07e5076dec90762c88
humanhash: social-march-yellow-jersey
File name:kitty.x86_64
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:61'864 bytes
First seen:2026-01-29 10:54:57 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:c6AqCfOeuWHVPaikkFEPNoKqxhsg4x/P/uyYrsBYtu:fvoFaiVFuqKqxhs/xWo+u
TLSH T1F85302956139E5B1C233A6BB25687160F567AC0318DB2BF5029331E099FFBCC5B30BA1
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) :61'864 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :152'232 bytes
Format:linux/amd64
Unpacked file: 3bad9d3af555053b99a3bdd125231a6010b5d2cd978843b8bf7467885f86e408

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
43
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Suspicious
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Gains root access
Creating a file
Launching a process
Sets a written file as executable
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
2
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
Verdict:
Unknown
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-01-28T18:16:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-29T00:01:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=890cb731-1b00-0000-9d09-2270140b0000 pid=2836 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=0f454c34-1b00-0000-9d09-22701a0b0000 pid=2842 /tmp/sample.bin mprotect-exec write-file guuid=890cb731-1b00-0000-9d09-2270140b0000 pid=2836->guuid=0f454c34-1b00-0000-9d09-22701a0b0000 pid=2842 execve guuid=95cf2335-1b00-0000-9d09-22701e0b0000 pid=2846 /usr/bin/dash guuid=0f454c34-1b00-0000-9d09-22701a0b0000 pid=2842->guuid=95cf2335-1b00-0000-9d09-22701e0b0000 pid=2846 execve guuid=53405235-1b00-0000-9d09-22701f0b0000 pid=2847 /usr/bin/cp guuid=95cf2335-1b00-0000-9d09-22701e0b0000 pid=2846->guuid=53405235-1b00-0000-9d09-22701f0b0000 pid=2847 execve guuid=9905d635-1b00-0000-9d09-2270220b0000 pid=2850 /usr/bin/chmod guuid=95cf2335-1b00-0000-9d09-22701e0b0000 pid=2846->guuid=9905d635-1b00-0000-9d09-2270220b0000 pid=2850 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
68 / 100
Signature
Drops invisible ELF files
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is packed with UPX
Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1859691 Sample: kitty.x86_64.elf Startdate: 29/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 68 23 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->23 25 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->25 27 Sample is packed with UPX 2->27 7 kitty.x86_64.elf 2->7         started        process3 file4 19 /var/local/.liboom.so, ELF 7->19 dropped 29 Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations 7->29 31 Drops invisible ELF files 7->31 11 kitty.x86_64.elf sh 7->11         started        signatures5 process6 process7 13 sh cp 11->13         started        17 sh chmod 11->17         started        file8 21 /usr/local/bin/.libcow.so, ELF 13->21 dropped 33 Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations 13->33 35 Drops invisible ELF files 13->35 signatures9
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-28 23:31:23 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 38 (36.84%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery linux persistence upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
UPX packed file
Write file to user bin folder
File and Directory Permissions Modification
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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


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

Web download

Mirai

elf c1e18f001c741318465dfdafe36aa0e321e04d1d03f8ee79a0744644fe880cc5

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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