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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: efb5dd988589695eeaf0c856214bc3d318ea3cb860b854fb2e8a703452cd9d09
SHA3-384 hash: 46e605b4df4a0b62c33bce3c7c3ae131e95eb62f99b02ad556a1d36dea42bd9f9fe6a2e540b7cc1503d62869e82419ec
SHA1 hash: ac761720a2545694bcfe70f81fd65040ca72a559
MD5 hash: ec189510f0181cba47f86d47b94392bb
humanhash: ceiling-zebra-alabama-venus
File name:cron
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:87'812 bytes
First seen:2025-07-18 00:41:52 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:PQSj7HELqqj/nJQB35TNBoWDqNU1TrWCG46yPjJH7WoFg:PQScLqqj/JqrOoTrWCGpysoi
TLSH T1D4836CC6E68B44F6D81304B47056B37BDE32C96A8432CA47FB459E71DE3790292273D9
telfhash t1eb41f7b35e7a08edb3d06801e31e36206d6ad77b14a432a755739531329aec142bbd3e
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 :
21
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Receives data from a server
Opens a port
Kills processes
Runs as daemon
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Launching a process
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
obfuscated
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
60 / 100
Signature
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Terminates several processes with shell command 'killall'
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1739293 Sample: cron.elf Startdate: 18/07/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 60 62 221.167.55.176 YSU-AS-KRyoungsanuniversityKR Korea Republic of 2->62 64 98.137.186.208 YAHOO-GQ1US United States 2->64 66 99 other IPs or domains 2->66 68 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->68 70 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->70 9 cron.elf 2->9         started        11 xfce4-session xfce4-panel 2->11         started        13 xfce4-session xfce4-panel 2->13         started        15 12 other processes 2->15 signatures3 process4 process5 17 cron.elf 9->17         started        29 2 other processes 9->29 19 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 11->19         started        21 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 11->21         started        23 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 11->23         started        31 3 other processes 11->31 25 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 13->25         started        27 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 13->27         started        33 4 other processes 13->33 process6 35 cron.elf sh 17->35         started        37 cron.elf sh 17->37         started        39 cron.elf sh 17->39         started        45 78 other processes 17->45 41 wrapper-2.0 xfpm-power-backlight-helper 19->41         started        43 wrapper-2.0 xfpm-power-backlight-helper 25->43         started        process7 47 sh killall 35->47         started        50 sh killall 37->50         started        52 sh killall 39->52         started        54 sh killall 45->54         started        56 sh killall 45->56         started        58 sh killall 45->58         started        60 75 other processes 45->60 signatures8 72 Terminates several processes with shell command 'killall' 47->72
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-07-18 00:42:16 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 38 (47.37%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet:kyton defense_evasion discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads CPU attributes
Enumerates running processes
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (148233) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan mirai
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Mirai_268aac0b Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0cb1699c Linux_Trojan_Mirai_70ef58f1 Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0d73971c Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0cb1699c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0d73971c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_268aac0b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_70ef58f1
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security

File information


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

Web download

Mirai

elf efb5dd988589695eeaf0c856214bc3d318ea3cb860b854fb2e8a703452cd9d09

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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