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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: e50556949a508ce964676b0b8c9b075abc11bb649fbfa8849e25de5c6c6c54c0
SHA3-384 hash: 9ec427e1a896a28033e0450e521992c1a196d4216ce7f6a8a3dce7d1a3d8e1434527bfe8e1b4f00cdfc453bb030b18c4
SHA1 hash: 913a8029c91fcd4d46195e37fbd7372b779c5605
MD5 hash: 0ca1ebf1f4473a76a60bc2fe389c5d30
humanhash: mississippi-cold-low-pasta
File name:kvariant.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:122'152 bytes
First seen:2025-10-10 04:02:41 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:D+1fbaqkKQJ08U1I549B1JjaDhGd4SjrOhkeZaS3WSrhbPk0YxzLW:D0kRJjUcFGLj+keJZI4
TLSH T181C3C606AB500FFBE86FDD3706B91B4635CC644712E97F3536B4C928BA0A60B49E3D64
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 :
82
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Sends data to a server
Creating a file
Receives data from a server
Kills processes
Connection attempt
DNS request
Creating a process from a recently created file
Runs as daemon
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade obfuscated
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:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-10-10T02:21:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-10-10T03:54:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=2e05b4f7-1800-0000-6f7d-605143110000 pid=4419 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=6ee46afa-1800-0000-6f7d-605148110000 pid=4424 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=2e05b4f7-1800-0000-6f7d-605143110000 pid=4419->guuid=6ee46afa-1800-0000-6f7d-605148110000 pid=4424 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
72 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1792554 Sample: kvariant.mpsl.elf Startdate: 10/10/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 72 18 auth.binaries.lol 109.205.213.5, 41323, 51496 AZERONLINEAZ Azerbaijan 2->18 20 34.254.182.186, 443, 59332 AMAZON-02US United States 2->20 22 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->22 24 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->24 26 Yara detected Mirai 2->26 8 kvariant.mpsl.elf 2->8         started        10 dash rm 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        signatures3 process4 process5 14 kvariant.mpsl.elf 8->14         started        process6 16 kvariant.mpsl.elf 14->16         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-10-10 04:04:32 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 24 (62.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
credential_access discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads process memory
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Executes dropped EXE
Contacts a large (87177) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Exploit.Mirai-9798002-0
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' ELF files
Rule name:CVE_2017_17215
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2017-17215
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_e24558e1
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 e50556949a508ce964676b0b8c9b075abc11bb649fbfa8849e25de5c6c6c54c0

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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