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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f120dac850d864fc84e448719363d9e942226d161c3cde772521d6febba60c94
SHA3-384 hash: c38bd43e14bdcd34a0002f3305585c9a41b90e517bb1e91f73f25bccd595fdfea0245b730422dc56b4c71d37084e0f5b
SHA1 hash: 6b4b4e1502513c72b973e5decb0795c9bf710c5a
MD5 hash: a63a70da1c83e5812f0468a838868956
humanhash: stairway-network-montana-oven
File name:morte.x86
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:39'812 bytes
First seen:2025-10-02 21:17:49 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:uvDRnMqwR9y/EwOCLIz1CQznzg5+2+JSIdA3gEdNPnbcuyD7UHQRjS:ufVHaz1CQzzg5+2+SIA3gYnouy8HyO
TLSH T19003E010E1F9C305F45D413620FEAE4E0520FA9D9466C88B59CC546A9D91F6C3A39BFB
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 :
49
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Runs as daemon
Launching a process
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
0
Number of processes launched:
3
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:
2025-10-02T18:24:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-10-03T03:17:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=5b816312-1800-0000-b83c-6a736a0b0000 pid=2922 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=8a233414-1800-0000-b83c-6a736e0b0000 pid=2926 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=5b816312-1800-0000-b83c-6a736a0b0000 pid=2922->guuid=8a233414-1800-0000-b83c-6a736e0b0000 pid=2926 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=8a233414-1800-0000-b83c-6a736e0b0000 pid=2926->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=059db314-1800-0000-b83c-6a73710b0000 pid=2929 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=8a233414-1800-0000-b83c-6a736e0b0000 pid=2926->guuid=059db314-1800-0000-b83c-6a73710b0000 pid=2929 clone guuid=33f7bc14-1800-0000-b83c-6a73720b0000 pid=2930 /tmp/sample.bin write-config zombie guuid=059db314-1800-0000-b83c-6a73710b0000 pid=2929->guuid=33f7bc14-1800-0000-b83c-6a73720b0000 pid=2930 clone guuid=86ea0018-1800-0000-b83c-6a737d0b0000 pid=2941 /usr/bin/dash guuid=33f7bc14-1800-0000-b83c-6a73720b0000 pid=2930->guuid=86ea0018-1800-0000-b83c-6a737d0b0000 pid=2941 execve guuid=e4b1fe19-1800-0000-b83c-6a73850b0000 pid=2949 /tmp/sample.bin delete-file dns net send-data guuid=33f7bc14-1800-0000-b83c-6a73720b0000 pid=2930->guuid=e4b1fe19-1800-0000-b83c-6a73850b0000 pid=2949 clone guuid=b3583018-1800-0000-b83c-6a737e0b0000 pid=2942 /usr/bin/cp guuid=86ea0018-1800-0000-b83c-6a737d0b0000 pid=2941->guuid=b3583018-1800-0000-b83c-6a737e0b0000 pid=2942 execve guuid=e4b1fe19-1800-0000-b83c-6a73850b0000 pid=2949->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 send: 4650B 310a0ed0-c544-54ca-bf3f-fca55e459297 65.222.202.53:80 guuid=e4b1fe19-1800-0000-b83c-6a73850b0000 pid=2949->310a0ed0-c544-54ca-bf3f-fca55e459297 send: 4B
Result
Threat name:
Mirai, Xmrig
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad.mine
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Found strings related to Crypto-Mining
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Sample is packed with UPX
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Yara detected Mirai
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1788396 Sample: morte.x86.elf Startdate: 02/10/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 28 157.20.32.209 2->28 30 65.222.202.53, 80 CAPEREGIONALHEALTHSYSTEMUS United States 2->30 38 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->38 40 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->40 42 Yara detected Mirai 2->42 44 2 other signatures 2->44 10 morte.x86.elf 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 48 Found strings related to Crypto-Mining 10->48 13 morte.x86.elf 10->13         started        process6 process7 15 morte.x86.elf 13->15         started        file8 26 /etc/init.d/sysd, POSIX 15->26 dropped 32 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 15->32 34 Drops files in suspicious directories 15->34 36 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 15->36 19 morte.x86.elf 15->19         started        22 morte.x86.elf sh 15->22         started        signatures9 process10 signatures11 46 Sample deletes itself 19->46 24 sh cp 22->24         started        process12
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-10-02 21:18:28 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
20 of 36 (55.56%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai botnet credential_access discovery linux persistence upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Reads process memory
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Deletes itself
Mirai
Mirai family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
157.20.32.209
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7135858-0
YARA:
n/a
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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: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:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf f120dac850d864fc84e448719363d9e942226d161c3cde772521d6febba60c94

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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