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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: df7879a8434c1d1c656ab71b6c90df95040590ff9e2340437232bcf5cccfe79e
SHA3-384 hash: 022e697e2ca2167fca399ee62ead33609d44219310cfb5469bc9cc4d3cdafc564de1010050e81e22f64dc3c03a3a8760
SHA1 hash: ee6ed7dc990633324f4d362568ea616488ad16d9
MD5 hash: db1e5a932adf8e5dd183ef2341612ebe
humanhash: leopard-beryllium-spaghetti-kitten
File name:kk.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:118'112 bytes
First seen:2026-01-21 12:30:12 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 3072:z4nR6TBNcSEjsWlYe7NL2CvFx9Xt5um0:z4nR6TASE4WlYeICNxAX
TLSH T199B31946BEA05FEBC05ECE30462F831712DC98D9D3E5732E727C8D8C79A924949D3998
telfhash t192112348d83e48143db202e8c8986614da4b4e123ca16b31dfa8c559c9b152d9216fbf
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 :
1
# of downloads :
35
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
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
Verdict:
Unknown
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-01-21T09:37:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-23T05:07:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=011062e9-1900-0000-06d6-6a5bc6070000 pid=1990 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=4ef52eeb-1900-0000-06d6-6a5bc8070000 pid=1992 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=011062e9-1900-0000-06d6-6a5bc6070000 pid=1990->guuid=4ef52eeb-1900-0000-06d6-6a5bc8070000 pid=1992 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
60 / 100
Signature
Contains symbols with names commonly found in malware
Drops files in suspicious directories
Drops invisible ELF files
Protects files from modification
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1854862 Sample: kk.mpsl.elf Startdate: 21/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 60 30 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->30 32 162.213.35.24, 40394, 443 CANONICAL-ASGB United States 2->32 34 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->34 36 Contains symbols with names commonly found in malware 2->36 8 kk.mpsl.elf 2->8         started        12 python3.8 dpkg 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 file5 28 /etc/rc.local, ASCII 8->28 dropped 44 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 8->44 14 kk.mpsl.elf sh 8->14         started        16 kk.mpsl.elf .sshd 8->16         started        signatures6 process7 process8 18 sh cp 14->18         started        22 sh chattr 14->22         started        24 sh chmod 14->24         started        file9 26 /usr/bin/.sshd, ELF 18->26 dropped 38 Drops invisible ELF files 18->38 40 Drops files in suspicious directories 18->40 42 Protects files from modification 22->42 signatures10
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-21 12:13:44 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (SO)
AV detection:
10 of 38 (26.32%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery persistence
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Modifies rc script
Write file to user bin folder
File and Directory Permissions Modification
Executes dropped EXE
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:elf_arm_mips_ko_so
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


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Web download

Mirai

elf df7879a8434c1d1c656ab71b6c90df95040590ff9e2340437232bcf5cccfe79e

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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