mozi | f6c97b1e2ed02578ca1066c8235ba4f991e645f89012406c639dbccc6582eec8

Analysis

max time kernel
124s
max time network
157s
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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13/09/2026, 18:27

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Target
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Size 134KB
Sample260913-w36d3svsbx
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/802-1-0x00400000-0x004c2f18-memory.dmp	family_mozi

Contacts a large (11038) 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/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
File opened for modification	/etc/init.d/hwclock.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/tcp	i
File opened for reading	/proc/net/raw	i
File opened for reading	/proc/net/route	i

Reads runtime system information 64 IoCs

Reads data from /proc virtual filesystem.

discovery

description	ioc	Process
File opened for reading	/proc/59/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/392	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/8	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/8/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/47/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/53/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/202/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/764/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/766/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/780/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/1/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/11	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/34/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/678/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/795/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/15	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/661/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/697/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/807/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/812	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/812/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/4	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/31	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/45/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/113/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/138/cmdline	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/10/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/22	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/392/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/697	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/776	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/807	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/813	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/5	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/17	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/29/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/3/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/7/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/21/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/29	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/422	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/27/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/116	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/373	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/376/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/764	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/19/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/23	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/24/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/404/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/776/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/791	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/48	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/181	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/37/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/7	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/18	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/18/stat	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/42	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/58	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/677	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/766	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/9	killall
File opened for reading	/proc/30/stat	killall

System Network Configuration Discovery 1 TTPs 19 IoCs

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

discovery

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

pid	Process
853	sh
857	sh
861	sh
863	sh
964	sh
855	sh
868	sh
869	sh
873	sh
878	sh
885	sh
862	sh
867	sh
871	sh
884	sh
851	sh
879	sh
881	sh
887	sh

Writes file to tmp directory 1 IoCs

Malware often drops required files in the /tmp directory.

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	/tmp/.ips	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:802
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "killall -9 telnetd utelnetd scfgmgr"
  2⤵
  PID:807
- - /usr/bin/killall
    killall -9 telnetd utelnetd scfgmgr
    3⤵
    - Reads runtime system information
    PID:811
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 41987 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  PID:850
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --source-port 41987 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:851
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp --destination-port 41987 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  PID:852
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I POSTROUTING -t nat -p tcp --source-port 41987 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:853
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 41987 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  PID:854
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 41987 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:855
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp --dport 41987 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  PID:856
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I POSTROUTING -t nat -p tcp --sport 41987 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:857
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 22 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:858
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 23 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:859
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 2323 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:860
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --source-port 22 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:861
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --source-port 23 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:862
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --source-port 2323 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:863
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:864
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 23 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:865
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 2323 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:866
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 22 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:867
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 23 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:868
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 2323 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:869
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 58000 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:870
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --source-port 58000 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:871
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 58000 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:872
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 58000 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:873
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "cfgtool set /mnt/jffs2/hw_ctree.xml InternetGatewayDevice.ManagementServer URL \"http://127.0.0.1\""
  2⤵
  PID:874
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "cfgtool set /mnt/jffs2/hw_ctree.xml InternetGatewayDevice.ManagementServer ConnectionRequestPassword \"acsMozi\""
  2⤵
  PID:875
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 35000 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:876
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 50023 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:877
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --source-port 50023 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:878
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --source-port 35000 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:879
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 7547 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:880
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --source-port 7547 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:881
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 35000 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:882
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 50023 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:883
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 50023 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:884
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 35000 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:885
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 7547 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  PID:886
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 7547 -j DROP"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:887
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I INPUT -p udp --destination-port 44540 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  PID:961
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I OUTPUT -p udp --source-port 44540 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery
  PID:964
- /bin/sh
  sh -c "iptables -I PREROUTING -t nat -p udp --destination-port 44540 -j ACCEPT"
  2⤵
  PID:967

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
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networks

Path /usr/networks
Size 134KB
SHA256 f6c97b1e2ed02578ca1066c8235ba4f991e645f89012406c639dbccc6582eec8
MD5 3849f30b51a5c49e8d1546960cc206c7
SHA1 61c74136534b826059c63221a2373dc0613a47b7
SHA512 43d79293d1fbf716111c27e50df95a0860a0d706079625fa2b8a6b57c5ee06fa7b5b6b8c0acae33714a2181686426728513c990534e44b6f03a05dde0629ab86
SSDEEP 3072:biMYFJvw6Yh0b1gKobtCGCmCRlrisfrYm:fYFJvwe1gKCYVl2szN
TLSH
T159D31322D3130C4FC02579FA7A2BE62A39873E6A24CE449C45F5D66A2FB7084ED71753
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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pid	Process
853	sh
857	sh
861	sh
863	sh
964	sh
855	sh
868	sh
869	sh
873	sh
878	sh
885	sh
862	sh
867	sh
871	sh
884	sh
851	sh
879	sh
881	sh
887	sh

pid	Process
853	sh
857	sh
861	sh
863	sh
964	sh
855	sh
868	sh
869	sh
873	sh
878	sh
885	sh
862	sh
867	sh
871	sh
884	sh
851	sh
879	sh
881	sh
887	sh

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Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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pid	Process
853	sh
857	sh
861	sh
863	sh
964	sh
855	sh
868	sh
869	sh
873	sh
878	sh
885	sh
862	sh
867	sh
871	sh
884	sh
851	sh
879	sh
881	sh
887	sh