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Database Entry



Kaiji


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 25 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 0088509f1ac99fd21921ff6a7b1dfd4a1d069f33be5e12cb8416fadae8a26984
SHA3-384 hash: 241f324abcc7fb091ad577e5f2135882c6826788b0c2f71b0feaf3ae0a197b5b72af459b893ba829e2db15e2c11934fe
SHA1 hash: 74bc93bacb4e830c007d91ce15b884acd8a5a633
MD5 hash: da51a0366f0db5d72cf9a86a4eb2847b
humanhash: tango-london-missouri-beryllium
File name:linux_amd64
Download: download sample
Signature Kaiji
File size:5'435'392 bytes
First seen:2026-02-25 20:32:13 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 49152:7Xa6xzZWhrb/T4vO90dL3BmAFd4A64nsfJPJ6TdXnT9aqeJaz2xNkapDnYRQoj1n:b2ONLBzSxtST7ElHz
TLSH T15E463943F89095A8C1EED13086629293BA717C895F3463D32F50FBB92B76BD46E79310
telfhash t105a231705abc74b1a667c961f3b374b4e63758b563f474b100276c92efe0e481ca682b
gimphash 8489141d42b5763d2533ede66ffeb9a2eae979105cb5dc27154b16bbb78716ff
TrID 50.1% (.) ELF Executable and Linkable format (Linux) (4022/12)
49.8% (.O) ELF Executable and Linkable format (generic) (4000/1)
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf kaiji

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
63
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Manages services
Receives data from a server
Sends data to a server
Launching a process
Connection attempt
Creates directories in a system directory
DNS request
Sets a written file as executable
Creating a file
Mounts file systems
Creating a process from a recently created file
Locks files
Writes files to system directory
Replaces system binary files
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Writes files to system subdirectory
Substitutes an application name
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64 chaos crypto expand golang kaiji lolbin obfuscated
Result
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
84 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Drops files in suspicious directories
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Chaos
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1875001 Sample: linux_amd64.elf Startdate: 25/02/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 84 120 118.107.41.238, 40922, 40926, 57916 BCPL-SGBGPNETGlobalASNSG Singapore 2->120 122 www.google.com 2->122 124 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->124 126 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->126 128 Yara detected Chaos 2->128 130 Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports 2->130 12 linux_amd64.elf 2->12         started        16 systemd System.img.config 2->16         started        18 systemd cron 2->18         started        20 11 other processes 2->20 signatures3 process4 file5 118 /etc/32678, POSIX 12->118 dropped 140 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 12->140 22 linux_amd64.elf linux_amd64.elf 12->22         started        26 linux_amd64.elf service systemctl 12->26         started        28 linux_amd64.elf bash 12->28         started        30 System.img.config sh 16->30         started        32 System.img.config service systemctl 16->32         started        34 System.img.config pkill 16->34         started        36 System.img.config System.img.config 16->36         started        38 cron 18->38         started        40 4 other processes 20->40 signatures6 process7 file8 108 /etc/profile.d/bash_config.sh, a 22->108 dropped 110 /etc/init.d/ssh, POSIX 22->110 dropped 112 /etc/init.d/linux_kill, POSIX 22->112 dropped 114 /.img, a 22->114 dropped 132 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 22->132 134 Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile 22->134 136 Drops files in suspicious directories 22->136 42 linux_amd64.elf bash 22->42         started        46 linux_amd64.elf service systemctl 22->46         started        48 linux_amd64.elf bash 22->48         started        56 5 other processes 22->56 58 4 other processes 26->58 50 bash 32678 28->50         started        52 sh 32678 30->52         started        60 4 other processes 32->60 54 cron sh 38->54         started        signatures9 process10 file11 116 /etc/crontab, ASCII 42->116 dropped 138 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 42->138 70 4 other processes 46->70 72 4 other processes 48->72 62 32678 sleep 50->62         started        64 32678 id.services.conf 52->64         started        66 32678 sleep 52->66         started        68 sh 54->68         started        74 4 other processes 56->74 76 2 other processes 58->76 78 2 other processes 60->78 signatures12 process13 process14 80 id.services.conf service systemctl 64->80         started        82 id.services.conf sh 64->82         started        84 id.services.conf pkill 64->84         started        86 id.services.conf id.services.conf 64->86         started        88 service systemctl 70->88         started        90 service sed 70->90         started        process15 92 service 80->92         started        94 service basename 80->94         started        96 service basename 80->96         started        98 service systemctl 80->98         started        100 sh 32678 82->100         started        process16 102 service systemctl 92->102         started        104 service sed 92->104         started        106 32678 sleep 100->106         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Kaiji
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-25 20:33:37 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 36 (52.78%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:kaiji defense_evasion discovery execution linux persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
GoLang User-Agent
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Modifies Bash startup script
Write file to user bin folder
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Executes dropped EXE
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Kaiji
Kaiji family
kaiji_chaosbot
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
118.107.41.238:808
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:DetectGoMethodSignatures
Author:Wyatt Tauber
Description:Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries
Rule name:Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:GoBinTest
Rule name:golang
Rule name:golang_binary_string
Description:Golang strings present
Rule name:golang_duffcopy_amd64
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:identity_golang
Author:Eric Yocam
Description:find Golang malware
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_a40aaa96
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Kaiji_dcf6565e
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:Suspicious_Golang_Binary
Author:Tim Machac
Description:Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Kaiji

elf 0088509f1ac99fd21921ff6a7b1dfd4a1d069f33be5e12cb8416fadae8a26984

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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