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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: dfafa5b4d7a552dfbbc3f03e47adc80fa21ad45da03c1ebcf927377229d8c867
SHA3-384 hash: 51b01162c7b2811020e1e73ed08ceca7a6623fa6a0b02ba84b9db9bf1ef0cef8b5239236989132bbef4032e656338131
SHA1 hash: 033ed888c012dfc866e442a880e939342a0e1162
MD5 hash: 6856e2683294bf7b4d4bbb223d541f88
humanhash: north-nine-avocado-sierra
File name:morte.arm7
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:73'036 bytes
First seen:2025-11-18 10:46:23 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:3UiQr365EgyNFsyL3Udujlktvtmc7sssQeL1yJRZKa9BC0F:3dg65EHNFs5uRAtKL1sx9BHF
TLSH T188631289F1F3EF43D9200CF6B5B509C39A562AB9F0F5B4223E518320C8E6596ECDB855
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 UPX
File size (compressed) :73'036 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :201'647 bytes
Format:linux/arm
Unpacked file: c89033d6b51a1cad80e84bfb9a56a9f1a58545fa6cbc35cf7c0d4fdd9708f095

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
42
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Sends data to a server
Receives data from a server
Runs as daemon
Opens a port
DNS request
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
android masquerade mirai packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
48
Number of processes launched:
5
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-11-18T03:23:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-20T08:47:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=eeffe938-1b00-0000-f0d4-ce79cc0a0000 pid=2764 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=aace0b3b-1b00-0000-f0d4-ce79d10a0000 pid=2769 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=eeffe938-1b00-0000-f0d4-ce79cc0a0000 pid=2764->guuid=aace0b3b-1b00-0000-f0d4-ce79d10a0000 pid=2769 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
68 / 100
Signature
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is packed with UPX
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1815980 Sample: morte.arm7.elf Startdate: 18/11/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 68 22 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->22 24 41.216.189.110, 41304, 41306, 41308 AS40676US South Africa 2->24 26 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->26 28 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->28 30 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->30 32 Yara detected Mirai 2->32 34 Sample is packed with UPX 2->34 8 morte.arm7.elf 2->8         started        10 python3.8 dpkg 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 process5 12 morte.arm7.elf 8->12         started        14 morte.arm7.elf 8->14         started        16 morte.arm7.elf 8->16         started        process6 18 morte.arm7.elf 12->18         started        20 morte.arm7.elf 12->20         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-18 08:19:05 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 38 (44.74%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet defense_evasion discovery upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Enumerates running processes
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Mirai
Mirai family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
vmr3absd.ddns.net
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf dfafa5b4d7a552dfbbc3f03e47adc80fa21ad45da03c1ebcf927377229d8c867

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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