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Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: e18cff4653b4926388bae9a73d4e2c4b4fec54f254d1e79850ab79b9d7b40962
SHA3-384 hash: b996709626551dc71f27f23ff6a13e24507cde415da5702b1a4b43358c14b26057ddfc71244945699d1a4ebe29d68949
SHA1 hash: de5ec7a374d7415a988481eea0d59043bd1fae30
MD5 hash: 6852c83fbf49b7fc4d25b23fbadd0eff
humanhash: seven-item-zulu-diet
File name:mipsel
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Signature Mirai
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File size:241'737 bytes
First seen:2026-05-26 06:21:44 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:QPg3bkzmx9PxuwjbTiZySK9LkQvSt/2ZI:vrk0PUMbTiZySK9LkQvSt/2ZI
TLSH T1E934F6076B918EF7C89BDD3306F6871120CEF4172564772A7278DA5CBA0A54F49E3CA4
telfhash t11e713358d43d09d9ee731c19a8686be35993e12a23f46b18ff5acdc0081e42df224d0f
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt mirai

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
54
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Sanesecurity.Malware.32133.LX.BOT.UNOFFICIAL
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Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Launching a process
Removes directories
Runs as daemon
Creates directories in a temporary directory
Creating a file
Kills processes
Deletes a file
Collects information on the CPU
Deleting a recently created file
Changes access rights for a written file
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Kills critical processes
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm gcc
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6a154765099ef368afff944d/reports/0ab4787d-0dd7-460b-9cb5-329782aae086/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-05-27T20:54:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-05-27T21:07:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/e18cff4653b4926388bae9a73d4e2c4b4fec54f254d1e79850ab79b9d7b40962/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/abb3483f-0c94-4c21-81a9-101842a3f5c2
Behavior Graph:
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%3 guuid=fcbe54e5-1600-0000-f31b-9a1d170e0000 pid=3607 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=e34a0ce9-1600-0000-f31b-9a1d210e0000 pid=3617 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=fcbe54e5-1600-0000-f31b-9a1d170e0000 pid=3607->guuid=e34a0ce9-1600-0000-f31b-9a1d210e0000 pid=3617 execve
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/edefa188-68f0-4c47-8e52-5839f8e22c37
Result
Threat name:
Mirai
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
84 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1918440
Signature
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Protects files from modification
Reads system files that contain records of logged in users
Sample is potentially a Mirai botnet sample
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1918440 Sample: mipsel.elf Startdate: 26/05/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 84 104 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->104 106 91.189.91.42, 443 CANONICAL-ASGB United States 2->106 108 2 other IPs or domains 2->108 114 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->114 116 Yara detected Mirai 2->116 118 Sample is potentially a Mirai botnet sample 2->118 11 mipsel.elf 2->11         started        13 systemd gdm3 2->13         started        15 systemd gpu-manager 2->15         started        17 21 other processes 2->17 signatures3 process4 file5 21 mipsel.elf 11->21         started        23 mipsel.elf 11->23         started        25 mipsel.elf 11->25         started        27 gdm3 gdm-session-worker 13->27         started        35 3 other processes 13->35 29 gpu-manager sh 15->29         started        37 7 other processes 15->37 98 /var/log/wtmp, data 17->98 dropped 110 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 17->110 112 Reads system files that contain records of logged in users 17->112 31 accounts-daemon language-validate 17->31         started        33 generate-config pkill 17->33         started        signatures6 process7 process8 39 mipsel.elf 21->39         started        43 mipsel.elf sh 23->43         started        45 mipsel.elf sh 23->45         started        47 mipsel.elf sh 23->47         started        55 2 other processes 23->55 49 gdm-session-worker gdm-wayland-session 27->49         started        51 sh grep 29->51         started        53 language-validate language-options 31->53         started        57 7 other processes 37->57 file9 100 /tmp/.system-lock/.locked, ASCII 39->100 dropped 124 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 39->124 71 7 other processes 39->71 59 sh crontab 43->59         started        73 2 other processes 43->73 75 4 other processes 45->75 63 sh rm 47->63         started        65 gdm-wayland-session dbus-daemon 49->65         started        67 gdm-wayland-session dbus-run-session 49->67         started        69 language-options sh 53->69         started        77 2 other processes 55->77 signatures10 process11 file12 102 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.tFug5D, ASCII 59->102 dropped 126 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 59->126 128 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 59->128 130 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 65->130 79 dbus-daemon 65->79         started        81 dbus-run-session dbus-daemon 67->81         started        83 sh locale 69->83         started        85 sh grep 69->85         started        87 sh chattr 71->87         started        90 sh chattr 71->90         started        92 sh chattr 71->92         started        94 4 other processes 71->94 signatures13 process14 signatures15 96 dbus-daemon false 79->96         started        120 Protects files from modification 87->120 122 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 94->122 process16
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/e18cff4653b4926388bae9a73d4e2c4b4fec54f254d1e79850ab79b9d7b40962
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/e18cff4653b4926388bae9a73d4e2c4b4fec54f254d1e79850ab79b9d7b40962/
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-05-26 06:22:46 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
13 of 37 (35.14%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=4ggp6rstwsjghcf25gtt2trmjnh6yvhskti6pgcqvn43tv5ubfra._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
antivm credential_access discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260526-g45rlscx3n/
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
OS Credential Dumping
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Legit
Score:
0.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/e18cff4653b4926388bae9a73d4e2c4b4fec54f254d1e79850ab79b9d7b40962

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
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Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
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Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
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Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:setsockopt
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:test_rule_vldslv
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Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
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Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags
Rule name:vmdetect
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Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information

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Web download

Mirai

elf e18cff4653b4926388bae9a73d4e2c4b4fec54f254d1e79850ab79b9d7b40962

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3850773/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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