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Mirai


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 11 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c2aa8a97c459a9f4c7fc63744385ad445e255956a7314f36c1199e6a6e7bccd7
SHA3-384 hash: 0150e4b31a11161bbf5feb4fbb390ff8570bdbff564d847ba9c3779646bc1520fc1e57b6a0fab0726a64a253ccacdf70
SHA1 hash: 198717effc6c437b3bb61140c70ce1cb1131088d
MD5 hash: 9cac6654d57bc6956de6a6154db5d629
humanhash: quebec-alaska-nine-carpet
File name:ub8ehJSePAfc9FYqZIT6.i686
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:101'448 bytes
First seen:2026-01-17 14:31:24 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:BkWTaH6cVENQrI36wjtgRjfBzeeBWQTCYYq5zk9tzECOUx+dx:BkWTnIQ6wjCj5udYYq5zkDOAK
TLSH T17FA33985FA83C1F2D81704716062BB3FDB32D8958036CE5DEF9A9E35CA33941C6163A9
telfhash t17b5126f71e6b0de477d0a944d31f2ba52e5ed27b086076a101b38c74329adc141bec39
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-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 7291b286d83452441bd4902a47c064cb94885e9bb2ac64ff39c8214108ba76ca
File size (compressed) :41'160 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :101'448 bytes
Format:linux/i386
Packed file: 7291b286d83452441bd4902a47c064cb94885e9bb2ac64ff39c8214108ba76ca

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
54
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gafgyt masquerade mirai obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-01-17T11:38:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-17T12:42:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.r HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=07bd1474-1600-0000-b541-1617e90c0000 pid=3305 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=697de375-1600-0000-b541-1617ec0c0000 pid=3308 /tmp/sample.bin delete-file net guuid=07bd1474-1600-0000-b541-1617e90c0000 pid=3305->guuid=697de375-1600-0000-b541-1617ec0c0000 pid=3308 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=697de375-1600-0000-b541-1617ec0c0000 pid=3308->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=95ee1476-1600-0000-b541-1617ed0c0000 pid=3309 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=697de375-1600-0000-b541-1617ec0c0000 pid=3308->guuid=95ee1476-1600-0000-b541-1617ed0c0000 pid=3309 clone guuid=ec3cc6b1-1600-0000-b541-16173c0d0000 pid=3388 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=697de375-1600-0000-b541-1617ec0c0000 pid=3308->guuid=ec3cc6b1-1600-0000-b541-16173c0d0000 pid=3388 clone guuid=e0e07aed-1600-0000-b541-1617a60d0000 pid=3494 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=697de375-1600-0000-b541-1617ec0c0000 pid=3308->guuid=e0e07aed-1600-0000-b541-1617a60d0000 pid=3494 clone guuid=c7642829-1700-0000-b541-16170d0e0000 pid=3597 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=697de375-1600-0000-b541-1617ec0c0000 pid=3308->guuid=c7642829-1700-0000-b541-16170d0e0000 pid=3597 clone guuid=4bfa3129-1700-0000-b541-16170e0e0000 pid=3598 /tmp/sample.bin dns net send-data zombie guuid=697de375-1600-0000-b541-1617ec0c0000 pid=3308->guuid=4bfa3129-1700-0000-b541-16170e0e0000 pid=3598 clone guuid=4bfa3129-1700-0000-b541-16170e0e0000 pid=3598->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con 4f6baed0-9587-596c-82b3-fd721afe4cc1 10.0.2.3:53 guuid=4bfa3129-1700-0000-b541-16170e0e0000 pid=3598->4f6baed0-9587-596c-82b3-fd721afe4cc1 send: 2546B 3ec2bfaf-8e71-5eeb-b8ce-6ffe78958b80 weifang.serveftp.com:3778 guuid=4bfa3129-1700-0000-b541-16170e0e0000 pid=3598->3ec2bfaf-8e71-5eeb-b8ce-6ffe78958b80 send: 335B
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
n/a
Score:
64 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-17 14:32:31 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
22 of 38 (57.89%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai defense_evasion discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan mirai Unix.Trojan.Mirai-7100807-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Mirai_268aac0b Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0cb1699c Linux_Trojan_Mirai_70ef58f1 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_2e3f67a9 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0d73971c Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
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YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0cb1699c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0d73971c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_268aac0b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_2e3f67a9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_70ef58f1
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_Oct19
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious single byte XORed keyword 'Mozilla/5.0' - it uses yara's XOR modifier and therefore cannot print the XOR key. You can use the CyberChef recipe linked in the reference field to brute force the used key.
Reference:https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=XOR_Brute_Force()
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_RID2DB4
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Mirai

elf c2aa8a97c459a9f4c7fc63744385ad445e255956a7314f36c1199e6a6e7bccd7

(this sample)

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