mozi | f6c97b1e2ed02578ca1066c8235ba4f991e645f89012406c639dbccc6582eec8

Analysis

max time kernel
125s
max time network
158s
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
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10/09/2026, 12:32

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General

Target
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Size 134KB
Sample260910-pq23kack3y
SHA256 f6c97b1e2ed02578ca1066c8235ba4f991e645f89012406c639dbccc6582eec8
MD5 3849f30b51a5c49e8d1546960cc206c7
SHA1 61c74136534b826059c63221a2373dc0613a47b7
SHA512 43d79293d1fbf716111c27e50df95a0860a0d706079625fa2b8a6b57c5ee06fa7b5b6b8c0acae33714a2181686426728513c990534e44b6f03a05dde0629ab86
SSDEEP 3072:biMYFJvw6Yh0b1gKobtCGCmCRlrisfrYm:fYFJvwe1gKCYVl2szN
TLSH
T159D31322D3130C4FC02579FA7A2BE62A39873E6A24CE449C45F5D66A2FB7084ED71753
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

botnet defense_evasion discovery mozi persistence privilege_escalation upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Family: Mozi, Mozi Botnet
Mozi aka MoziBotnet is a multi-platform linux botnet targeting IoT devices.
botnet mozi

Detects Mozi Payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/800-1-0x00400000-0x004c2f18-memory.dmp	family_mozi

Contacts a large (10547) amount of remote hosts 1 TTPs
This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.
discovery

Network Service Discovery
T1046

Patched UPX-packed file 1 IoCs

Sample is packed with UPX but required header fields are zeroed out to prevent unpacking with the default UPX tool.

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/fstream-2.dat	patched_upx

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	i
File opened for modification	/dev/misc/watchdog	i

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

Creates/modifies environment variables 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Creating/modifying environment variables is a common persistence mechanism.

persistence privilege_escalation defense_evasion

Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable

T1574.007

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	/etc/profile.d/gawk.sh	i

Enumerates active TCP sockets 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Gets active TCP sockets from /proc virtual filesystem.

discovery

System Network Connections Discovery

T1049

description	ioc	Process
File opened for reading	/proc/net/tcp	i

Enumerates running processes
Discovers information about currently running processes on the system

Modifies init.d 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

Adds/modifies system service, likely for persistence.

persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

RC Scripts

T1037.004

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	/etc/init.d/hwclock.sh	i
File opened for modification	/etc/init.d/S95baby.sh	i
File opened for modification	/etc/init.d/console-setup.sh	i
File opened for modification	/etc/init.d/keyboard-setup.sh	i

Reads system routing table 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Gets active network interfaces from /proc virtual filesystem.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

description	ioc	Process
File opened for reading	/proc/net/route	i

Write file to user bin folder 1 IoCs

persistence

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	/usr/bin/gvmap.sh	i

Writes file to system bin folder 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	/sbin/watchdog	i
File opened for modification	/bin/watchdog	i

Modifies Bash startup script 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Unix Shell Configuration Modification

T1546.004

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	/etc/profile.d/gawk.sh	i

UPX packed file 1 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/fstream-2.dat	upx

Changes its process name 1 IoCs

description	ioc	pid	Process
Changes the process name, possibly in an attempt to hide itself	dropbear	806	i

Reads system network configuration 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Uses contents of /proc filesystem to enumerate network settings.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

description	ioc	Process
File opened for reading	/proc/net/raw	i
File opened for reading	/proc/net/route	i
File opened for reading	/proc/net/tcp	i

Reads runtime system information 64 IoCs

Reads data from /proc virtual filesystem.

discovery

description	ioc	Process
File opened for reading	/proc/202	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/391	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/779/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/678/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/113/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/118	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/12/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/7	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/17	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/19	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/22/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/22	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/24/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/4/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/7/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/29	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/662	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/798	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/2	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/58/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/112/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/181	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/349/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/765	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/12	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/19/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/20	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/31/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/34	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/37/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/115/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/181/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/9	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/10/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/17/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/25/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/42	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/138	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/797/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/21/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/35	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/138/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/379/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/23	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/35/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/114/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/388/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/30	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/47	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/115	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/1	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/15/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/118/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/355	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/399/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/765/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/779	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/808	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/15	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/112	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/679/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/793	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/5/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/14/stat	killall

System Network Configuration Discovery 1 TTPs 22 IoCs

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

discovery

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

pid	Process
856	sh
858	sh
870	sh
874	sh
887	sh
971	sh
976	sh
864	sh
868	sh
881	sh
890	sh
882	sh
852	sh
854	sh
862	sh
863	sh
888	sh
966	sh
981	sh
869	sh
872	sh
884	sh

Writes file to tmp directory 3 IoCs

Malware often drops required files in the /tmp directory.

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	/tmp/.ips	i
File opened for modification	/tmp/.config	i
File opened for modification	/tmp/.ipds	i

/tmp/i
/tmp/i
1⤵
- Modifies Watchdog functionality
- Creates/modifies environment variables
- Enumerates active TCP sockets
- Modifies init.d
- Reads system routing table
- Write file to user bin folder
- Writes file to system bin folder
- Modifies Bash startup script
- Changes its process name
- Reads system network configuration
- Writes file to tmp directory
PID:800
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "killall -9 telnetd utelnetd scfgmgr"
  2⤵
  PID:808
- - /usr/bin/killall
    killall -9 telnetd utelnetd scfgmgr
    3⤵
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:810
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 46395 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  PID:851
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --source-port 46395 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:852
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp --destination-port 46395 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  PID:853
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I POSTROUTING -t nat -p tcp --source-port 46395 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:854
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 46395 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  PID:855
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 46395 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:856
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp --dport 46395 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  PID:857
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I POSTROUTING -t nat -p tcp --sport 46395 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:858
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 22 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:859
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 23 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:860
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 2323 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:861
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --source-port 22 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:862
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --source-port 23 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:863
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --source-port 2323 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:864
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:865
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 23 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:866
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 2323 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:867
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 22 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:868
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 23 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:869
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 2323 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:870
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 58000 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:871
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --source-port 58000 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:872
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 58000 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:873
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 58000 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:874
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "cfgtool set /mnt/jffs2/hw_ctree.xml InternetGatewayDevice.ManagementServer URL \"http://127.0.0.1\""
  2⤵
  PID:875
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "cfgtool set /mnt/jffs2/hw_ctree.xml InternetGatewayDevice.ManagementServer ConnectionRequestPassword \"acsMozi\""
  2⤵
  PID:878
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 35000 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:879
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 50023 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:880
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --source-port 50023 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:881
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --source-port 35000 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:882
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 7547 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:883
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --source-port 7547 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:884
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 35000 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:885
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 50023 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:886
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 50023 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:887
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 35000 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:888
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 7547 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:889
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 7547 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:890
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p udp --destination-port 9865 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  PID:963
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p udp --source-port 9865 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:966
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I PREROUTING -t nat -p udp --destination-port 9865 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  PID:968
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I POSTROUTING -t nat -p udp --source-port 9865 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:971
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p udp --dport 9865 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  PID:974
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p udp --sport 9865 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:976
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I PREROUTING -t nat -p udp --dport 9865 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  PID:979
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I POSTROUTING -t nat -p udp --sport 9865 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:981

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts

T1037

RC Scripts

T1037.004

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Unix Shell Configuration Modification

T1546.004

Hijack Execution Flow

T1574

Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable

T1574.007

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts

T1037

RC Scripts

T1037.004

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Unix Shell Configuration Modification

T1546.004

Hijack Execution Flow

T1574

Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable

T1574.007

Defense Evasion

Hijack Execution Flow

T1574

Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable

T1574.007

Impair Defenses

T1562

Credential Access

Discovery

Network Service Discovery

T1046

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

System Network Connections Discovery

T1049

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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S95baby.sh

Path /etc/rcS.d/S95baby.sh
Size 25B
SHA256 01ba1fb41632594997a41d0c3a911ae5b3034d566ebb991ef76ad76e6f9e283a
MD5 1b3235ba10fc04836c941d3d27301956
SHA1 8909655763143702430b8c58b3ae3b04cfd3a29c
SHA512 98bdb5c266222ccbd63b6f80c87e501c8033dc53b0513d300b8da50e39a207a0b69f8cd3ecc4a128dec340a1186779fedd1049c9b0a70e90d2cb3ae6ebfa4c4d
MD5 SHA1 SHA512

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.config

Path /tmp/.config
Size 140B
SHA256 348a557ecef7585e315fa04bea4a179b715c795993ca331fbaf3677c79e0be5e
MD5 457412db2275c971a2f32aef0c05f0ef
SHA1 81634d651b7bd25434966cb91dd5f1f1683ae363
SHA512 4bf11f480c43a51666b8ddb335c59159c142299995ef5aad0cabe266e9652482f3032759150d6c467494ac10e7210976a935b61642cb214a438be016a7244a2c
TLSH
T19FC08CD4ACA001608CAC684228A0370CC0808B3308135C00A7898C640248997A620A11
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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.config

Path /tmp/.config
Size 150B
SHA256 d7ceac787e9c11a355ea642a7acb2ac454df05c3c1760ffd09de90b19c0fe6f4
MD5 570584d9b4a7f23949ec47149314f2f9
SHA1 20f2a709d255550c4b27c9b479a742bf4ca3c752
SHA512 c89516b29711c7513b05f16798281b97aaf14ea6b8dfeceb6edc0a112d05cd5b7af0a01624dd207e8c5221a79837ca32e4d3cc9ef69f6e88d6081f40db752289
TLSH
T18BC08CD5ACA001A08CAC684238A0770CD480CB730813AC00E78A8C6502C89ABA660A12
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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.ipds

Path /tmp/.ipds
Size 23B
SHA256 c4b597c2e89537a81f0f0eb6b9a258b30bbb1692f6ff6a5cc900bec2a7a34609
MD5 2b7548fa6619c3ab446b0a511e7bc866
SHA1 86910ca813e07e6fe8f2101efbcda722adca351d
SHA512 e5555a599bbd304393a1e999a12059ce809475879172607bde26fc9e406692e4168df31fd1144aa14661fbc7331e87e02a1bc36b4e4f05dc0e7772b599c1073a
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networks

Path /usr/networks
Size 134KB
SHA256 f6c97b1e2ed02578ca1066c8235ba4f991e645f89012406c639dbccc6582eec8
MD5 3849f30b51a5c49e8d1546960cc206c7
SHA1 61c74136534b826059c63221a2373dc0613a47b7
SHA512 43d79293d1fbf716111c27e50df95a0860a0d706079625fa2b8a6b57c5ee06fa7b5b6b8c0acae33714a2181686426728513c990534e44b6f03a05dde0629ab86
SSDEEP 3072:biMYFJvw6Yh0b1gKobtCGCmCRlrisfrYm:fYFJvwe1gKCYVl2szN
TLSH
T159D31322D3130C4FC02579FA7A2BE62A39873E6A24CE449C45F5D66A2FB7084ED71753
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pid	Process
856	sh
858	sh
870	sh
874	sh
887	sh
971	sh
976	sh
864	sh
868	sh
881	sh
890	sh
882	sh
852	sh
854	sh
862	sh
863	sh
888	sh
966	sh
981	sh
869	sh
872	sh
884	sh

pid	Process
856	sh
858	sh
870	sh
874	sh
887	sh
971	sh
976	sh
864	sh
868	sh
881	sh
890	sh
882	sh
852	sh
854	sh
862	sh
863	sh
888	sh
966	sh
981	sh
869	sh
872	sh
884	sh

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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pid	Process
856	sh
858	sh
870	sh
874	sh
887	sh
971	sh
976	sh
864	sh
868	sh
881	sh
890	sh
882	sh
852	sh
854	sh
862	sh
863	sh
888	sh
966	sh
981	sh
869	sh
872	sh
884	sh