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Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 11 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: ef87812d0e79c988cc908997174ef4e571476610c22d91b634446191e53dbba3
SHA3-384 hash: 820dd91a1776ec4371b53417f555a3043e0a9d4829febe28ff7fee9fd2ecc1943c8a0834b3e4489d7d4f8f0810ea5440
SHA1 hash: 69b46b9191b97129f32cea28d96840d7ce9f0bc0
MD5 hash: ddfda40dd3fe323fff29b9682096da1b
humanhash: west-artist-mexico-equal
File name:nshx86
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Signature Mirai
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File size:96'428 bytes
First seen:2025-12-02 17:23:34 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:vxnty/Is5lBzJNN20uoI9CH1MtrGmwdHeg3ZyStZI8VM:5A/I27NdufK1MBGmeHDbo2M
TLSH T1F7935BC5FB83C0F6E85709B55037A7768733E83A4039DB82D76AA936EC52901DA1B35C
telfhash t17c51bcfa2eba09edb7d4ac04c24e6be31966d777156021b644b25ca133f694140bac3a
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 :
33
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Sanesecurity.Malware.29524.LC.UNOFFICIAL
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Sanesecurity.Malware.31076.LX.BOT.UNOFFICIAL
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SecuriteInfo.com.Linux.Siggen.9999-1.UNOFFICIAL
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Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7355719-0
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Unix.Trojan.Mirai-9441505-0
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Unix.Dropper.Mirai-9977145-0
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Gathering data
Result
Gathering data
Malware family:
Mirai
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/91ffb28a-7b0a-42e3-a551-354991153dcf
Result
Threat name:
Mirai
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
92 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1824720
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sends malformed DNS queries
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1824720 Sample: nshx86.elf Startdate: 02/12/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 92 23 mirai.48101.online. [malformed] 2->23 25 ihatemylife.racist.black. [malformed] 2->25 27 105 other IPs or domains 2->27 31 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->31 33 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->33 35 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->35 39 2 other signatures 2->39 8 nshx86.elf 2->8         started        10 dash rm 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 python3.8 dpkg 2->14         started        signatures3 37 Sends malformed DNS queries 25->37 process4 process5 16 nshx86.elf 8->16         started        19 nshx86.elf 8->19         started        signatures6 29 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 16->29 21 nshx86.elf 19->21         started        process7
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/ef87812d0e79c988cc908997174ef4e571476610c22d91b634446191e53dbba3
Detection:
mirai
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Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/ef87812d0e79c988cc908997174ef4e571476610c22d91b634446191e53dbba3/
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-02 17:07:01 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
25 of 36 (69.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=56dycliopheyrteqrglrotxu4vyuozqqyiwzdnruirqzdzj5xorq._file
Result
Malware family:
hailbot
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:hailbot discovery linux
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/251202-vyvaksxpcm/
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Renames itself
Contacts a large (67126) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
botnet mirai trojan Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7355719-0
YARA:
MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d Linux_Trojan_Mirai_5f7b67b8 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/72003784-c23e-4db5-8d3b-ed8abf2be04e
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YARA Signatures

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Rule name:CVE_2017_17215
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Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2017-17215
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
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Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
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Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_5f7b67b8
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MAL_ELF_LNX_Mirai_Oct10_1
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Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ELF Mirai variant
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:unixredflags3
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information

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Web download

Mirai

elf ef87812d0e79c988cc908997174ef4e571476610c22d91b634446191e53dbba3

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3723465/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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