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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 11 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: e3a759574ccf53b6ea7080bcef98f8d3312a275f1829e069bdc9d551eedfcd43
SHA3-384 hash: 2d58a0225e0c78a67c4c74499ec0f7c0a5c96228aff2bba6be34e981d795973de3cfe669bb1999d69cd5b19629ffecaf
SHA1 hash: 6fd34cbce57862f0d48a740f805516d51ceb64bf
MD5 hash: b5293feb063883aaecdeeabb4d4b9dd7
humanhash: connecticut-wyoming-tennessee-freddie
File name:boatnet.x86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:146'796 bytes
First seen:2025-10-29 15:41:11 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:fDaveYvTnbgDjzpZUCBwnyU8i47X0Z0kPHiS2crihhB1f5rF:4bKj9ZUCCnyU8PmHi8+rF
TLSH T132E36DC5F243C5F6DC5301B0206BFB268E72D1FA512BEA42E7B45632DC616829527F9C
telfhash t1035108fcaab61dec9bc09803f58d5732ed0ceb7b205076ba05f269643676581537ac38
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-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 b7601ae460c59a6b27e283d1fe03a28da342c6b983cc6ad65d4cddc4fad4604e
File size (compressed) :57'760 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :146'796 bytes
Format:linux/i386
Packed file: b7601ae460c59a6b27e283d1fe03a28da342c6b983cc6ad65d4cddc4fad4604e

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
30
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Deleting a recently created file
Sets a written file as executable
Runs as daemon
Manages services
Creating a file
Kills processes
Sends data to a server
Launching a process
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
lolbin masquerade obfuscated remote threat
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-08-29T02:18:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-08-29T02:52:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.cw HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.h
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=c24c7b02-1a00-0000-081e-0c0c9e0a0000 pid=2718 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=c648a704-1a00-0000-081e-0c0ca30a0000 pid=2723 /tmp/sample.bin net write-config write-file guuid=c24c7b02-1a00-0000-081e-0c0c9e0a0000 pid=2718->guuid=c648a704-1a00-0000-081e-0c0ca30a0000 pid=2723 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=c648a704-1a00-0000-081e-0c0ca30a0000 pid=2723->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=68e5d104-1a00-0000-081e-0c0ca70a0000 pid=2727 /tmp/sample.bin zombie guuid=c648a704-1a00-0000-081e-0c0ca30a0000 pid=2723->guuid=68e5d104-1a00-0000-081e-0c0ca70a0000 pid=2727 clone guuid=735cd604-1a00-0000-081e-0c0ca80a0000 pid=2728 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=c648a704-1a00-0000-081e-0c0ca30a0000 pid=2723->guuid=735cd604-1a00-0000-081e-0c0ca80a0000 pid=2728 clone guuid=e4b13705-1a00-0000-081e-0c0ca90a0000 pid=2729 /usr/bin/dash guuid=c648a704-1a00-0000-081e-0c0ca30a0000 pid=2723->guuid=e4b13705-1a00-0000-081e-0c0ca90a0000 pid=2729 execve guuid=2e08c305-1a00-0000-081e-0c0cac0a0000 pid=2732 /usr/bin/dash guuid=c648a704-1a00-0000-081e-0c0ca30a0000 pid=2723->guuid=2e08c305-1a00-0000-081e-0c0cac0a0000 pid=2732 execve guuid=92e95c65-1a00-0000-081e-0c0c6b0b0000 pid=2923 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data zombie guuid=c648a704-1a00-0000-081e-0c0ca30a0000 pid=2723->guuid=92e95c65-1a00-0000-081e-0c0c6b0b0000 pid=2923 clone guuid=59998c05-1a00-0000-081e-0c0caa0a0000 pid=2730 /usr/bin/dash guuid=e4b13705-1a00-0000-081e-0c0ca90a0000 pid=2729->guuid=59998c05-1a00-0000-081e-0c0caa0a0000 pid=2730 clone guuid=72d39605-1a00-0000-081e-0c0cab0a0000 pid=2731 /usr/bin/dash guuid=e4b13705-1a00-0000-081e-0c0ca90a0000 pid=2729->guuid=72d39605-1a00-0000-081e-0c0cab0a0000 pid=2731 clone guuid=9ef75206-1a00-0000-081e-0c0caf0a0000 pid=2735 /usr/sbin/update-rc.d guuid=2e08c305-1a00-0000-081e-0c0cac0a0000 pid=2732->guuid=9ef75206-1a00-0000-081e-0c0caf0a0000 pid=2735 execve guuid=4eba2b0c-1a00-0000-081e-0c0cc00a0000 pid=2752 /usr/bin/systemctl guuid=9ef75206-1a00-0000-081e-0c0caf0a0000 pid=2735->guuid=4eba2b0c-1a00-0000-081e-0c0cc00a0000 pid=2752 execve 3689577d-053d-55fe-8eb3-83de1ecc9462 87.248.130.35:3778 guuid=92e95c65-1a00-0000-081e-0c0c6b0b0000 pid=2923->3689577d-053d-55fe-8eb3-83de1ecc9462 send: 2B
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1804509 Sample: boatnet.x86.elf Startdate: 29/10/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 49 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->49 51 87.248.130.35, 3778 CWM-ASIR Iran (ISLAMIC Republic Of) 2->51 53 2 other IPs or domains 2->53 55 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->55 57 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->57 59 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->59 61 2 other signatures 2->61 9 boatnet.x86.elf 2->9         started        13 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 2->13         started        15 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->15         started        17 9 other processes 2->17 signatures3 process4 file5 43 /usr/bin/network, ELF 9->43 dropped 45 /etc/init.d/networkd, ASCII 9->45 dropped 67 Drops files in suspicious directories 9->67 19 boatnet.x86.elf sh 9->19         started        21 boatnet.x86.elf 9->21         started        24 boatnet.x86.elf sh 9->24         started        28 2 other processes 9->28 26 wrapper-2.0 xfpm-power-backlight-helper 13->26         started        signatures6 process7 signatures8 30 sh crontab 19->30         started        34 sh 19->34         started        63 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 21->63 36 sh update-rc.d 24->36         started        process9 file10 47 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.5mu8PE, ASCII 30->47 dropped 69 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 30->69 71 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 30->71 38 sh crontab 34->38         started        41 update-rc.d systemctl 36->41         started        signatures11 process12 signatures13 65 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 38->65
Gathering data
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-10-29 18:15:22 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
24 of 37 (64.86%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:lzrd botnet defense_evasion discovery execution linux persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Write file to user bin folder
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Mirai
Mirai family
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan mirai gafgyt Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7136013-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_5bf62ce4 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d Linux_Trojan_Mirai_5f7b67b8 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f Linux_Trojan_Mirai_ae9d0fa6 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3 Linux_Gafgyt_May_2024
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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:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_5bf62ce4
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_5f7b67b8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_ae9d0fa6
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
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 e3a759574ccf53b6ea7080bcef98f8d3312a275f1829e069bdc9d551eedfcd43

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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