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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 17 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ca4ee578c41f3c8e1eb7781def187bb841e96626953b81aaba4c8c25d34ace74
SHA3-384 hash: c0c52b580b7288a724b11b5354fca60c88a0fd03f2c907d120c0836f26d46b7dce999130869c4f523c0f20e86d0723eb
SHA1 hash: 63789d6bd25acabfc769670eb3a5cad9352d7066
MD5 hash: 05f27058f3f17bd097c2798f125de48d
humanhash: kentucky-wisconsin-july-london
File name:i686
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:104'639 bytes
First seen:2025-10-27 15:03:47 UTC
Last seen:2025-10-28 01:05:56 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:1eLBA8EPuP+CFMgTW+K5gJsRVfgytdQV9xqxS1swmqHIVcqqWNGnQOT:EAVuaH5gJsRFgaDwswmqoVcqq6GnQOT
TLSH T129A34D72E607C1B3C44306B1029BAE5B5D31BEA74A2A5E4AF36C7CB4AF324C47515FA1
telfhash t1df317512543606241fb2e928acbc56a315663b23a3543fb1af29c4cc49360e3e93de0f
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 gafgyt mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
47
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc lolbin mirai obfuscated remote threat
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-10-27T12:37:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-10-28T10:24:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=0b4afbf6-1900-0000-9473-ccb0030c0000 pid=3075 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=6647bbf8-1900-0000-9473-ccb0080c0000 pid=3080 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=0b4afbf6-1900-0000-9473-ccb0030c0000 pid=3075->guuid=6647bbf8-1900-0000-9473-ccb0080c0000 pid=3080 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=6647bbf8-1900-0000-9473-ccb0080c0000 pid=3080->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=b57498f9-1900-0000-9473-ccb00c0c0000 pid=3084 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6647bbf8-1900-0000-9473-ccb0080c0000 pid=3080->guuid=b57498f9-1900-0000-9473-ccb00c0c0000 pid=3084 clone guuid=7e4d9cf9-1900-0000-9473-ccb00d0c0000 pid=3085 /tmp/sample.bin net net-scan send-data zombie guuid=6647bbf8-1900-0000-9473-ccb0080c0000 pid=3080->guuid=7e4d9cf9-1900-0000-9473-ccb00d0c0000 pid=3085 clone guuid=8f479ff9-1900-0000-9473-ccb00e0c0000 pid=3086 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6647bbf8-1900-0000-9473-ccb0080c0000 pid=3080->guuid=8f479ff9-1900-0000-9473-ccb00e0c0000 pid=3086 clone guuid=7e4d9cf9-1900-0000-9473-ccb00d0c0000 pid=3085->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con 3163ade7-7c00-51b2-b6f3-420355982bb1 156.93.225.71:37215 guuid=7e4d9cf9-1900-0000-9473-ccb00d0c0000 pid=3085->3163ade7-7c00-51b2-b6f3-420355982bb1 send: 847B guuid=7e4d9cf9-1900-0000-9473-ccb00d0c0000 pid=3085|send-data send-data to 4096 IP addresses review logs to see them all guuid=7e4d9cf9-1900-0000-9473-ccb00d0c0000 pid=3085->guuid=7e4d9cf9-1900-0000-9473-ccb00d0c0000 pid=3085|send-data send guuid=51d9abf9-1900-0000-9473-ccb00f0c0000 pid=3087 /tmp/sample.bin net zombie guuid=8f479ff9-1900-0000-9473-ccb00e0c0000 pid=3086->guuid=51d9abf9-1900-0000-9473-ccb00f0c0000 pid=3087 clone 460d7e94-118d-5813-a0e6-8f92435dd491 192.111.78.190:4554 guuid=51d9abf9-1900-0000-9473-ccb00f0c0000 pid=3087->460d7e94-118d-5813-a0e6-8f92435dd491 con
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Contains symbols with names commonly found in malware
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1802503 Sample: i686.elf Startdate: 27/10/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 25 41.203.88.59, 37215 globacom-asNG Nigeria 2->25 27 156.156.145.207, 37215 airtel-tz-asTZ Tanzania United Republic of 2->27 29 98 other IPs or domains 2->29 31 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->31 33 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->33 35 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->35 37 6 other signatures 2->37 8 i686.elf 2->8         started        11 dash rm 2->11         started        13 dash rm 2->13         started        15 python3.8 dpkg 2->15         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 39 Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers 8->39 17 i686.elf 8->17         started        19 i686.elf 8->19         started        21 i686.elf 8->21         started        process6 process7 23 i686.elf 17->23         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-10-27 14:57:23 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
26 of 38 (68.42%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt defense_evasion discovery linux
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Reads system routing table
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (23999) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Trojan.Gafgyt-6981154-0
YARA:
n/a
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:botnet_dedsec
Author:NDA0E
Description:dedsec botnet
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
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_Gafgyt_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_1b2e2a3a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_27de1106
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6122acdf
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_83715433
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9127f7be
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_f51c5ac3
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF Mirai variant
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Mal_LNX_Gafgyt_Botnet_ELF
Author:Phatcharadol Thangplub
Description:Use to detect Gafgyt botnet, and there variants.
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
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 ca4ee578c41f3c8e1eb7781def187bb841e96626953b81aaba4c8c25d34ace74

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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