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Database Entry


Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: eb55e38de8ed4cd753ae895d232f9a0d6967eeafc726518e1c33b1b2acb18b82
SHA3-384 hash: c7b0f39fe687b4569cf3e277fd9176eace72f33a12235bc363262354c9679a5c5aac69ed76e01013ae194e0060900663
SHA1 hash: 38d741ca47868045f7504a948193d5ac1325ea98
MD5 hash: d1b9e3eb79d1ae46b48f0e0a78054229
humanhash: foxtrot-potato-kilo-east
File name:mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
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File size:264'196 bytes
First seen:2026-08-31 03:53:51 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:X3+tHkHLY6vFKjDr/e6mnWBZeqw+21Tr5FXqu1EssMZc/T03ImIys61X1h5oDT:H9Kjn/Pp/e+G1FXXEssMOgh5oD
TLSH T1DE44D809AFA20EF7D86BDD3746E9160625CC641722A83B35753CD928FF0A54F4AE3C64
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 :
1
# of downloads :
76
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Unix.Trojan.Mirai-9441505-0
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Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Removes directories from a subdirectory of a temporary directory
Connection attempt
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Sets a written file as executable
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Receives data from a server
Collects information on the OS
Kills processes
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creates directories in a temporary directory
Creates directories in a subdirectory of a temporary directory
Creating a file
Launching a process
Deleting a recently created file
Runs as daemon
Sends data to a server
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6a94fae77398c10e67502e72/reports/6d0c0865-e097-4cbb-b3cb-90af32773c26/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-08-31T01:25:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-01T18:16:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/eb55e38de8ed4cd753ae895d232f9a0d6967eeafc726518e1c33b1b2acb18b82/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/259d68a7-f8bc-4f37-9704-058a9c63c4e2
Behavior Graph:
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%3 guuid=6d6c5179-1900-0000-8139-41c17e090000 pid=2430 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=359f3e7c-1900-0000-8139-41c184090000 pid=2436 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6d6c5179-1900-0000-8139-41c17e090000 pid=2430->guuid=359f3e7c-1900-0000-8139-41c184090000 pid=2436 execve
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/005cfda0-ea8a-4b3a-bcbb-a9e09f3c9cab
Result
Threat name:
Mirai, Moobot
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1965959
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Detected Mirai
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Moobot
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1965959 Sample: mpsl.elf Startdate: 31/08/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 70 198.144.179.82, 39054, 55650 AS-COLOCROSSING-HostPapaUS United States 2->70 72 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->72 74 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->74 76 Detected Mirai 2->76 78 2 other signatures 2->78 10 mpsl.elf 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 82 Sample deletes itself 10->82 13 mpsl.elf 10->13         started        process6 file7 62 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root, ASCII 13->62 dropped 64 /etc/init.d/a8f6c9, POSIX 13->64 dropped 66 /etc/crontab, ASCII 13->66 dropped 68 /var/tmp/.r.sh, POSIX 13->68 dropped 84 Drops files in suspicious directories 13->84 86 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 13->86 88 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 13->88 17 mpsl.elf sh 13->17         started        19 mpsl.elf 13->19         started        21 mpsl.elf 13->21         started        23 3 other processes 13->23 signatures8 process9 process10 25 sh iptables 17->25         started        28 sh iptables 17->28         started        30 mpsl.elf sh 19->30         started        32 mpsl.elf sh 19->32         started        34 mpsl.elf sh 19->34         started        40 2 other processes 19->40 36 mpsl.elf sh 21->36         started        38 mpsl.elf sh 21->38         started        42 3 other processes 21->42 signatures11 80 Executes the "iptables" command to insert, remove and/or manipulate rules 25->80 44 sh cp 30->44         started        46 sh chmod 30->46         started        48 sh cp 32->48         started        50 sh chmod 32->50         started        58 2 other processes 34->58 52 sh rm 36->52         started        54 sh rm 36->54         started        56 sh insmod 38->56         started        60 4 other processes 40->60 process12
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/eb55e38de8ed4cd753ae895d232f9a0d6967eeafc726518e1c33b1b2acb18b82
Detection:
mirai
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Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/eb55e38de8ed4cd753ae895d232f9a0d6967eeafc726518e1c33b1b2acb18b82/
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-31 03:54:20 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 24 (62.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=5nk6hdpi5vgnou5orfosgl42bvuwp3vpy4tfddq4goy3flfrroba._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260831-egbh5see85/
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Enumerates running processes
Deletes itself
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/eb55e38de8ed4cd753ae895d232f9a0d6967eeafc726518e1c33b1b2acb18b82

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:F01_s1ckrule
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Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
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Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Rootkit_Generic_61229bdf
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Author:Elastic Security
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

File information

The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

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Mirai

elf eb55e38de8ed4cd753ae895d232f9a0d6967eeafc726518e1c33b1b2acb18b82

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3904517/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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