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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f8268b1025cbe180e2b7b1a006d28079d6c00c29be31965b2cb2188aba16b97e
SHA3-384 hash: af877a4217afc0faecdde4784bb095ea4822c01ac257d059dce8ef968129d2ef93ff15e9683397bf5855b9cbcb00127c
SHA1 hash: 8dd22a4d5335b93bb85ef008f621601617c8d313
MD5 hash: 377e131805850d199322d0f1f80cd379
humanhash: skylark-jersey-kilo-island
File name:mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:72'040 bytes
First seen:2026-09-22 23:08:44 UTC
Last seen:2026-09-23 18:58:45 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:S403iXmPHExB+Xt0Udug2akBMyajZukasp/Qqj:S4miXeE0WUnyajuhqj
TLSH T13663731ABF610EB7EC2BDD3B45A81B05258C651B21A93F757A34D818FA1B20F45E3C74
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 :
3
# of downloads :
81
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Mounts file systems
Opens a port
Receives data from a server
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Runs as daemon
DNS request
Creating a file
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
botnet mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-09-22T21:25:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-23T04:26:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=fed8a7f4-1700-0000-e966-2395470a0000 pid=2631 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=247dbff7-1700-0000-e966-23954a0a0000 pid=2634 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=fed8a7f4-1700-0000-e966-2395470a0000 pid=2631->guuid=247dbff7-1700-0000-e966-23954a0a0000 pid=2634 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-22 23:09:11 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
credential_access defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads process memory
Enumerates running processes
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Contacts a large (110839) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CVE_2017_17215
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2017-17215
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:Linux_Exploit_CVE_2017_17215_8b78a857
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Exploit code used in the ZeroBot malware
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_0bce98a2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Mirai_Botnet_Malware
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Mirai_Botnet_Malware_RID2EF6
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Mirai Botnet Malware
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:unixredflags3
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.

Web download

Mirai

elf f8268b1025cbe180e2b7b1a006d28079d6c00c29be31965b2cb2188aba16b97e

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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