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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ca6046fb18323e7a1c2ecf3b7ecf2e187074766bfabce919fe38bed972de6330
SHA3-384 hash: d6497f818cd59e0df41e65cf3190be27959c5d7228eb514626eba98bebc340eb76b9108f9aecaaaf62516fba7d95136b
SHA1 hash: c9d371777d58ce76fdf6c17227e70b93cf562ad7
MD5 hash: 956fa6e94dcf87f8f2856917aa3abe11
humanhash: lima-failed-pip-hot
File name:nshkmpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:210'564 bytes
First seen:2026-09-22 05:16:00 UTC
Last seen:2026-09-23 00:47:47 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:QPMtx4gG/CK0iZ//sKLj8+XYzBumNj8dTMKuXQd/kTLNPahfcZGSiwjAdNvuJXIl:GMtbGB0wxjg9KKJPacY3bfM+exIwVC
TLSH T1FF24C70AAFA20EFBD8AFCE3742E90B0525CC551722B47F363674D528F54A54B49E3C68
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 :
4
# of downloads :
66
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Opens a port
Connection attempt
DNS request
Runs as daemon
Receives data from a server
Creating a file
Sends data to a server
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-09-13T10:20:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-22T15:08:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=9ec122b2-1d00-0000-c8b0-f45df10b0000 pid=3057 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=8ec149b6-1d00-0000-c8b0-f45df20b0000 pid=3058 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=9ec122b2-1d00-0000-c8b0-f45df10b0000 pid=3057->guuid=8ec149b6-1d00-0000-c8b0-f45df20b0000 pid=3058 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-13 18:21:37 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
22 of 36 (61.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Renames itself
Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
Contacts a large (65758) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:Linux_Exploit_CVE_2017_17215_8b78a857
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Exploit code used in the ZeroBot malware
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
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: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 ca6046fb18323e7a1c2ecf3b7ecf2e187074766bfabce919fe38bed972de6330

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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