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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: cf46d61662ffc63237783ad965063e387e048f0bf8d0300a8861ffd19e84e181
SHA3-384 hash: 89b09a588f6cb29f035af33294befe941249bc48169a5901e403ec7eec5d34c9ca4cb71242368876a41f40950b99e15c
SHA1 hash: da4c31a450bc5af6956bdc1799ccc646d05d42bc
MD5 hash: b26e7c7ce55d260e478099a308332b31
humanhash: cardinal-sixteen-vermont-rugby
File name:bin.i686
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:192'996 bytes
First seen:2026-07-15 08:14:31 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:ZVQvDz+yCFIaFumZRcGF51Qxq0aK+Rk9Kpolpni1:ZmnVO/RTwIIKpGni
TLSH T103143B45B643CEF3E51344F011B3963E0B30ED3A4826D595EBA8BEB4DA37AC566053AC
telfhash t1d3915b76a9a61bed7be0d902d6cb5311ce18e17b352035fd06f616c832b2f416366c3a
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 :
74
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
dropper gcc masquerade mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
85
Number of processes launched:
1
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-07-15T06:07:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-15T07:08:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-15 08:15:53 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
23 of 36 (63.89%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery execution linux persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Creates/modifies Cron job
Deletes log files
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies systemd
Write file to user bin folder
File and Directory Permissions Modification
Deletes Audit logs
Deletes itself
Deletes journal logs
Deletes system logs
Modifies Watchdog functionality
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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_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
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:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF Mirai variant
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1_RID2F39
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects ELF Mirai variant
Reference:Internal Research
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


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Web download

Mirai

elf cf46d61662ffc63237783ad965063e387e048f0bf8d0300a8861ffd19e84e181

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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