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Database Entry



Mirai


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: fbde972873326b792c10b884486b7e5eebd700c94041b5c028922b1a1d52df3e
SHA3-384 hash: 2f3d7c197aebead7ab75897ec1430805a089a3ae3b968781eb2cb2d5098987dac6937a24c201497a0ffbd9f5f9be82f8
SHA1 hash: 3df5b01a0dc45dd7e2d1a01d4cdc4d5c5f12b6dd
MD5 hash: fc7f1c2e9f9a6b4245e90f8887cad77c
humanhash: sixteen-alaska-maine-charlie
File name:db0fa4b8db0333367e9bda3ab68b8042.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Mirai
File size:277'452 bytes
First seen:2026-02-04 00:22:20 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:ORHNiou9QNjSFSSpXTJmg3UqW9PUzLIZ3fT4Nf85fwbZnBl3US5:wHItFSSpDUX9PQuP4+wRBlj
TLSH T11944F60AAF610EFBE8AFCD3706E91B0625CC541622A83B357674D928F64B64F16D3C74
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


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abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 dd46458163a1c22844a2dc8b8fefc3a220a2ff9f793758fcc2956a5b9e7a2cb3
File size (compressed) :84'456 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :277'452 bytes
Format:linux/mipsel
Packed file: dd46458163a1c22844a2dc8b8fefc3a220a2ff9f793758fcc2956a5b9e7a2cb3

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
55
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
Mirai
Details
Mirai
an XOR decryption key and at least a c2 socket address
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Runs as daemon
Receives data from a server
Opens a port
Sends data to a server
DNS request
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
7
Number of processes launched:
1
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
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
ELF 32 LE
Detections:
HEUR:Exploit.Linux.CVE-2017-17215.a HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=f74a89da-1b00-0000-75fb-1a355a0c0000 pid=3162 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=15fc75dd-1b00-0000-75fb-1a35610c0000 pid=3169 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=f74a89da-1b00-0000-75fb-1a355a0c0000 pid=3162->guuid=15fc75dd-1b00-0000-75fb-1a35610c0000 pid=3169 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Uses dynamic DNS services
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1862912 Sample: db0fa4b8db0333367e9bda3ab68... Startdate: 04/02/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 22 stopdicksucking.duckdns.org 2->22 24 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->24 26 3 other IPs or domains 2->26 28 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->28 30 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->30 32 Yara detected Gafgyt 2->32 34 Yara detected Mirai 2->34 8 db0fa4b8db0333367e9bda3ab68b8042.mpsl.elf 2->8         started        10 dash rm 2->10         started        12 dash cat 2->12         started        14 9 other processes 2->14 signatures3 36 Uses dynamic DNS services 22->36 process4 process5 16 db0fa4b8db0333367e9bda3ab68b8042.mpsl.elf 8->16         started        process6 18 db0fa4b8db0333367e9bda3ab68b8042.mpsl.elf 16->18         started        20 db0fa4b8db0333367e9bda3ab68b8042.mpsl.elf 16->20         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Worm.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-04 00:23:20 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
25 of 36 (69.44%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:echobot family:mirai defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Writes file to system bin folder
Modifies Watchdog functionality
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
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:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_1ac392ca
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Mirai_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_Oct19
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious single byte XORed keyword 'Mozilla/5.0' - it uses yara's XOR modifier and therefore cannot print the XOR key. You can use the CyberChef recipe linked in the reference field to brute force the used key.
Reference:https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=XOR_Brute_Force()
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_RID2DB4
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Mirai

elf fbde972873326b792c10b884486b7e5eebd700c94041b5c028922b1a1d52df3e

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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