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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: fac726e1698ee567b2b25106976e103561852a56d63831cf05f66ec05a64be4e
SHA3-384 hash: 637c8cf0f96c4e09e2a1712bd3f6a0e0132fe2aa252244dea582c1e54f737ad2fc88655298829d795e9eb085096fd380
SHA1 hash: 29e66b5a648b7611c6f9266e6da8fe7897493886
MD5 hash: 250501d8e88804131dc4474b58bf736f
humanhash: november-minnesota-mexico-moon
File name:putita.x86_64
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:198'912 bytes
First seen:2026-08-24 15:30:32 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 3072:GabMqrw6hG15AsAIFJRxsV/bXS3taAylwWm4wi7d74Hyj80d:GasqGPbQV/b8K9m/cdmyjZd
TLSH T1A4145C07B69144FCC19AC474876F9523F931B85D03243D7BABC0AA716E22F716B1DBA2
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 upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 de1e368d7350622484b986abd7e4a515285e88411954e744d005bebc5a1929d5
File size (compressed) :95'420 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :198'912 bytes
Format:linux/amd64
Packed file: de1e368d7350622484b986abd7e4a515285e88411954e744d005bebc5a1929d5

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
65
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Sets a written file as executable
Runs as daemon
Creates or modifies symbolic links
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Opens a port
Connection attempt
Launching a process
Changes access rights for a written file
Writes files to system directory
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Deleting of the original file
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
expand gcc lolbin mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
15
Number of processes launched:
14
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Persistence
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-08-24T13:43:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-25T23:53:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=7683c183-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8850c0000 pid=3205 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=0b867e86-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8860c0000 pid=3206 /tmp/sample.bin delete-file net write-config write-file guuid=7683c183-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8850c0000 pid=3205->guuid=0b867e86-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8860c0000 pid=3206 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=0b867e86-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8860c0000 pid=3206->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=18df7c87-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8870c0000 pid=3207 /usr/bin/dash guuid=0b867e86-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8860c0000 pid=3206->guuid=18df7c87-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8870c0000 pid=3207 execve guuid=be541c88-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8880c0000 pid=3208 /usr/bin/dash guuid=0b867e86-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8860c0000 pid=3206->guuid=be541c88-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8880c0000 pid=3208 execve guuid=37aa0f89-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b88b0c0000 pid=3211 /usr/bin/chattr zombie guuid=0b867e86-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8860c0000 pid=3206->guuid=37aa0f89-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b88b0c0000 pid=3211 execve guuid=487e1489-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b88c0c0000 pid=3212 /usr/bin/chattr zombie guuid=0b867e86-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8860c0000 pid=3206->guuid=487e1489-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b88c0c0000 pid=3212 execve guuid=813b1889-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b88d0c0000 pid=3213 /usr/bin/chattr zombie guuid=0b867e86-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8860c0000 pid=3206->guuid=813b1889-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b88d0c0000 pid=3213 execve guuid=c2b81d89-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b88e0c0000 pid=3214 /usr/bin/busybox zombie guuid=0b867e86-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8860c0000 pid=3206->guuid=c2b81d89-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b88e0c0000 pid=3214 execve guuid=67852489-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b88f0c0000 pid=3215 /usr/bin/busybox zombie guuid=0b867e86-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8860c0000 pid=3206->guuid=67852489-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b88f0c0000 pid=3215 execve guuid=2a5d2889-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8900c0000 pid=3216 /usr/bin/busybox zombie guuid=0b867e86-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8860c0000 pid=3206->guuid=2a5d2889-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8900c0000 pid=3216 execve guuid=6b152b89-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8910c0000 pid=3217 /tmp/sample.bin net zombie guuid=0b867e86-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8860c0000 pid=3206->guuid=6b152b89-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8910c0000 pid=3217 clone guuid=f0bf5688-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8890c0000 pid=3209 /usr/bin/dash guuid=be541c88-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8880c0000 pid=3208->guuid=f0bf5688-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8890c0000 pid=3209 clone guuid=31ca6488-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b88a0c0000 pid=3210 /usr/bin/dash guuid=be541c88-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8880c0000 pid=3208->guuid=31ca6488-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b88a0c0000 pid=3210 clone 706d8119-5804-563f-93fb-1ad04086f3d8 64.89.163.215:666 guuid=6b152b89-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8910c0000 pid=3217->706d8119-5804-563f-93fb-1ad04086f3d8 con guuid=3e76288b-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8920c0000 pid=3218 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6b152b89-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8910c0000 pid=3217->guuid=3e76288b-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8920c0000 pid=3218 clone guuid=51bf308b-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8940c0000 pid=3220 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6b152b89-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8910c0000 pid=3217->guuid=51bf308b-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8940c0000 pid=3220 clone guuid=b171348b-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8950c0000 pid=3221 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=6b152b89-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8910c0000 pid=3217->guuid=b171348b-1a00-0000-dc7f-e6b8950c0000 pid=3221 clone
Gathering data
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-24 15:31:24 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (SO)
AV detection:
14 of 38 (36.84%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion execution linux persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Modifies Bash startup script
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:deepfield_potassium_mirai_variant
Author:Nokia Deepfield ERT
Description:Detects Potassium Mirai variant (ChaCha20 table, HTTP C2 with token/guid, .woof dropper). Also known as Woof (internal) and Dichter (related variant with Dutch C2 domains, same key material).
Reference:Internal analysis of sample 6ef4ce02; external: @deobfuscately
Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags
Rule name:woof_mirai_variant
Author:Nokia Deepfield ERT
Description:Detects Woof Mirai variant (ChaCha20 table, HTTP C2 with token/guid, .woof dropper)
Reference:Internal analysis of sample 6ef4ce02

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf fac726e1698ee567b2b25106976e103561852a56d63831cf05f66ec05a64be4e

(this sample)

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