Analysis by: Bren Matthew Ebriega
ALIASES:

Trojan:Linux/Mirai.AH!MTB (MICROSOST); HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.b (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

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.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 132,860 bytes
File Type: ELF
File Compression: UPX
Memory Resident: Yes
Initial Samples Received Date: 13 Sep 2020

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.

Other Details

This Backdoor connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.33.59:6881
  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.103.244:6881
  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.18.159:6881
  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.162.88:6881

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.850
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 16.224.06
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 13 Sep 2020
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 16.225.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 14 Sep 2020

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