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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c6edd8231759bf8260a5115c72869987ddfa5166c4338bb7145be81c926e9961
SHA3-384 hash: 134a7fea9049940ca959044e5af9e087a4f478360b7833984f937eff855ccd71be366090c9b00a182b4d0cd88b56ad27
SHA1 hash: af0b8407f3db380d861ba496f9e9da9f81b1f98a
MD5 hash: 64e313cff16c521834378369f4ceed41
humanhash: oklahoma-illinois-tennessee-salami
File name:mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:64'380 bytes
First seen:2026-02-19 01:01:29 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:yGtQ8AKyjOz8lIrDXUAF/MSL3bKL2LZgsF8qD:yM6KyazQODUNL2LB
TLSH T1F453831AAF650FFBEC6BCD3745A91B49349C640A12E93B367934C818BA5B20F45E3C74
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 :
1
# of downloads :
100
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
botnet mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
7
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
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
ELF 32 LE
Detections:
HEUR:Exploit.Linux.CVE-2017-17215.a HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.fg HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.ew HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.c HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=6a4a2708-1800-0000-2315-706f5d0c0000 pid=3165 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=8e897d0a-1800-0000-2315-706f620c0000 pid=3170 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6a4a2708-1800-0000-2315-706f5d0c0000 pid=3165->guuid=8e897d0a-1800-0000-2315-706f620c0000 pid=3170 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-19 01:18:03 UTC
AV detection:
25 of 38 (65.79%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Enumerates running processes
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (112115) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CVE_2017_17215
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2017-17215
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0bce98a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Mirai_Botnet_Malware
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Mirai_Botnet_Malware_RID2EF6
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
Reference:Internal Research
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 c6edd8231759bf8260a5115c72869987ddfa5166c4338bb7145be81c926e9961

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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