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IoT.Linux.MIRAI.YVI

April 06, 2020
 Analysis by: Karen Ivy Titiwa
 ALIASES:

Backdoor:Linux/Mirai.B (MICROSOFT); HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.a (KASPERSKY)

 PLATFORM:

Linux

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Backdoor

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel:

Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware

This Backdoor arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It executes commands from a remote malicious user, effectively compromising the affected system.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

88,104 bytes

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

31 Mar 2020

Payload:

Connects to URLs/IPs

Arrival Details

This Backdoor arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Backdoor Routine

This Backdoor executes the following commands from a remote malicious user:

  • Performs various DDOS attacks

It connects to the following URL(s) to send and receive commands from a remote malicious user:

  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.147.36
  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.200.172
  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.176.63

Download Routine

This Backdoor connects to the following website(s) to download and execute a malicious file:

  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.236.119/leon.{architecture}
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.44.33/bins/Hilix.mips
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.116.236/meliodic/meliodic.{architecture}
  • http://{BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.176.63/meliodic/meliodic.{architecture}

Other Details

This Backdoor does the following:

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE:

15.782.04

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE:

03 Apr 2020

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

15.783.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

04 Apr 2020

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