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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f4f3d6cfb309115d5ac33dbdd5a850e97cf542be479f2bdfe87bbc68af86df27
SHA3-384 hash: 093174d01445cf40845abb9065b4bd0b9227142c0b59572d269f68fdece38e8ee6b6a8abd2889d354533bf1cd6f8bd1f
SHA1 hash: 5049abcc9f1efbad498ef4cc656fda764e149a53
MD5 hash: 79190736e65e2cd1a001359854fbf04c
humanhash: uranus-texas-happy-music
File name:putita.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:64'928 bytes
First seen:2026-07-12 02:36:40 UTC
Last seen:2026-07-13 00:57:23 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:ipcA4IMaChjt8H0biyah7WS8xV3TInY6Tc+6p40pQE:lGGhY0bi6xlInY6QFp40pQE
TLSH T1465312B69F449C01CE79D2F81ABA4DBB8FA9203F405547EF8EA0499467FE878D510827
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 UPX
File size (compressed) :64'928 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :142'640 bytes
Format:linux/mipsel
Unpacked file: 19fca0c2200f6443cd0bcb954503a677eaef23bb5edf3025690e768d67255f3d

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
75
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Launching a process
Creates or modifies symbolic links
Creating a file
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Receives data from a server
Changes access rights for a written file
Sets a written file as executable
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Runs as daemon
Opens a port
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Deleting of the original file
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Verdict:
Unknown
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-07-11T23:42:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-13T23:03:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=9c721d6a-1a00-0000-100b-fbe8620f0000 pid=3938 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=b449d36c-1a00-0000-100b-fbe8700f0000 pid=3952 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=9c721d6a-1a00-0000-100b-fbe8620f0000 pid=3938->guuid=b449d36c-1a00-0000-100b-fbe8700f0000 pid=3952 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
80 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Modifies the '.bashrc' or '.bash_profile' file typically for persisting actions
Protects files from modification
Sample deletes itself
Sample is packed with UPX
Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1941084 Sample: putita.mpsl.elf Startdate: 12/07/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 80 84 64.89.163.215, 46084, 46086, 46088 NETIFACE-TORONTO-NetifaceAmericaIncUS Germany 2->84 86 Sample is packed with UPX 2->86 14 putita.mpsl.elf 2->14         started        signatures3 process4 file5 76 /usr/lib/kworker-helper, ELF 14->76 dropped 78 /root/.bashrc, ASCII 14->78 dropped 80 /etc/systemd/system/kworker-helper.service, ASCII 14->80 dropped 82 3 other malicious files 14->82 dropped 96 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 14->96 98 Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile 14->98 100 Drops files in suspicious directories 14->100 102 3 other signatures 14->102 18 putita.mpsl.elf sh 14->18         started        20 putita.mpsl.elf 14->20         started        22 putita.mpsl.elf sh 14->22         started        24 6 other processes 14->24 signatures6 process7 signatures8 27 sh crontab 18->27         started        31 sh 18->31         started        33 putita.mpsl.elf 20->33         started        35 putita.mpsl.elf 20->35         started        37 putita.mpsl.elf 20->37         started        39 sh crontab 22->39         started        88 Protects files from modification 24->88 process9 file10 74 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.hi2CKo, ASCII 27->74 dropped 92 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 27->92 94 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 27->94 41 sh crontab 31->41         started        44 putita.mpsl.elf kworker-helper 33->44         started        46 putita.mpsl.elf kworker-helper 33->46         started        signatures11 process12 signatures13 90 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 41->90 48 kworker-helper 44->48         started        50 kworker-helper 46->50         started        process14 process15 52 kworker-helper 48->52         started        54 kworker-helper 48->54         started        56 kworker-helper 48->56         started        58 kworker-helper 50->58         started        60 kworker-helper 50->60         started        62 kworker-helper 50->62         started        process16 64 kworker-helper kworker-helper 52->64         started        process17 66 kworker-helper 64->66         started        process18 68 kworker-helper 66->68         started        70 kworker-helper 66->70         started        72 kworker-helper 66->72         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-07-12 02:52:30 UTC
AV detection:
4 of 24 (16.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Modifies Bash startup script
UPX packed file
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
Deletes itself
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YARA Signatures


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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:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf f4f3d6cfb309115d5ac33dbdd5a850e97cf542be479f2bdfe87bbc68af86df27

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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