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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 15 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: e5e6410532c8f952adecedb2c0ff715a1a1dd33bf26966cec977fb5d1b14a40b
SHA3-384 hash: cf636faa25099604ff33a4218b3400aed7360be94f9d0e2240dd51b5e1090d92ec7487a94255838df964950bc336fe25
SHA1 hash: dc5a243355747cb98c11dd0bec8f2213a1c34610
MD5 hash: 1fa2b6157aed1d9f64bf4d1ddff7cd75
humanhash: black-artist-tennis-red
File name:kvariant.x86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:83'912 bytes
First seen:2025-09-19 03:47:30 UTC
Last seen:2025-09-19 05:42:38 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:TKpz6ZAkWqPM6v13J8vilCuMc+txB93b2hu:TG6GkWqPb13JEiFMcSNCU
TLSH T1FA835B03A09090FDC4E6D1788BAFD526D922F03D1272B25E63D46F263F5DF202B6E695
telfhash t1e431ac343a9a1da4f2e7b731330bd66948210e2120e1b4d2ecb365f7df127804db60a3
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

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
49
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Receives data from a server
Kills processes
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
DNS request
Runs as daemon
Sends data to a server
Creating a process from a recently created file
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
CVE-2017-17215 gafgyt masquerade mirai obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
11
Number of processes launched:
18
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
37215,23
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2025-09-19T01:46:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-09-19T01:46:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Connects to many IPs within the same subnet mask (likely port scanning)
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Drops invisible ELF files
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Reads system files that contain records of logged in users
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1780463 Sample: kvariant.x86.elf Startdate: 19/09/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 82 68.79.41.29 WESTCLOUDDATANingxiaWestCloudDataTechnologyCoLtdCN China 2->82 84 196.143.174.234 Vodafone-EG Egypt 2->84 86 100 other IPs or domains 2->86 88 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->88 90 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->90 92 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->92 94 5 other signatures 2->94 14 kvariant.x86.elf 2->14         started        16 xfce4-session xfce4-panel 2->16         started        18 xfce4-session xfce4-panel 2->18         started        20 10 other processes 2->20 signatures3 process4 signatures5 23 kvariant.x86.elf 14->23         started        25 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 16->25         started        27 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 16->27         started        35 10 other processes 16->35 37 12 other processes 18->37 96 Reads system files that contain records of logged in users 20->96 29 accounts-daemon language-validate 20->29         started        31 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 20->31         started        33 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 20->33         started        39 16 other processes 20->39 process6 process7 41 kvariant.x86.elf 23->41         started        43 language-validate language-options 29->43         started        process8 45 kvariant.x86.elf 41->45         started        49 kvariant.x86.elf 41->49         started        51 kvariant.x86.elf 41->51         started        55 2 other processes 41->55 53 language-options sh 43->53         started        file9 80 /tmp/.k, ELF 45->80 dropped 100 Drops invisible ELF files 45->100 57 kvariant.x86.elf .k 45->57         started        102 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 49->102 59 kvariant.x86.elf 51->59         started        61 sh locale 53->61         started        63 sh grep 53->63         started        signatures10 process11 process12 65 .k 57->65         started        process13 67 .k 65->67         started        process14 69 .k 67->69         started        72 .k 67->72         started        74 .k 67->74         started        76 2 other processes 67->76 signatures15 98 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 69->98 78 .k 72->78         started        process16
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-09-19 03:48:41 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
25 of 38 (65.79%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
credential_access discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads process memory
Enumerates running processes
Executes dropped EXE
Contacts a large (217471) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan gafgyt Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7540662-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9e9530a7 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_807911a2 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d4227dbf Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d996d335 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d0c57a2e Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_620087b9 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_0cd591cd Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_33b4111a Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a33a8363
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YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:ach_202503_elf_Mirai
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Mirai 'TSource' ELF files
Rule name:CP_AllMal_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication
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_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_0cd591cd
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_33b4111a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_620087b9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_807911a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_9e9530a7
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_a33a8363
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d0c57a2e
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d4227dbf
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d996d335
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf e5e6410532c8f952adecedb2c0ff715a1a1dd33bf26966cec977fb5d1b14a40b

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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