Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    154s
  • platform
    debian-12_mipsel
  • resource
    debian12-mipsel-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:mipselimage:debian12-mipsel-20260513-enkernel:6.1.0-17-4kc-maltalocale:en-usos:debian-12-mipselsystem
  • submitted
    29/06/2026, 22:47

General

  • Target
    pmpsl.elf
  • Size 37KB
  • Sample260629-2qtgmsg12t
  • SHA256 f46ee46298b90eb04b1c15e4e4cecc8a4e5a7730c654d58261c9c846084249ca
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • mirai

Botnet
  • MIRAI

Signatures

  • Family: Mirai

    Mirai is a prevalent Linux malware infecting exposed network devices.

  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Modifies Watchdog functionality 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates running processes

    Discovers information about currently running processes on the system

  • Changes its process name 1 IoCs
  • Reads runtime system information 64 IoCs

    Reads data from /proc virtual filesystem.

  • Writes file to shm directory 1 IoCs

    Malware can drop malicious files in the shm directory which will run directly from RAM.

Processes

  • /tmp/pmpsl.elf
    /tmp/pmpsl.elf
    1⤵
    • Deletes itself
    • Modifies Watchdog functionality
    • Changes its process name
    • Reads runtime system information
    • Writes file to shm directory
    PID:799

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        .comm

        • Path /dev/shm/.comm
        • Size 4B
        • SHA256 b9490968067ba44d92202e000cd93ac898897cd1744b8a89f02f0108d659b95a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512