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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 05e0a9fb985b54d2336d7e1500150a8a389705c4eea8a2633289db88430af0f2
SHA3-384 hash: 5029f0f850d0729da64312006057a5af78c269004e2e5234aae25bbb53d5c349887872bbb4f96a10180c25e95a51f983
SHA1 hash: a43bb18cf5c74c575e3229bdbf4a91b767ab1c15
MD5 hash: 3a4fd1a83229df479d6019b8a5a28b3d
humanhash: west-nuts-utah-oklahoma
File name:m-i.p-s.Sakura
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:125'962 bytes
First seen:2026-02-22 05:40:19 UTC
Last seen:2026-02-22 08:39:10 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:g7je1TYGq+f+A02rKXzeve1eTe8p2rKXIeum9Y0GAzQj1l72HBebERLWfRZrmW+i:/a1UW0MZQHTB6RZrmW+IFB1Dt1hR/
TLSH T1A0C3842E7E12BBBEE668863107F35F70879521D237A19382F26CD6181E7128D1C5FB64
telfhash t1fe11104270b6891c2bb259245cbc42b0165532232381be74bf0ec5c05937002ba79e8b
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
65
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
1
Number of processes launched:
3
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=8bbdf0c2-1800-0000-5af9-249fbb0a0000 pid=2747 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=2563cec5-1800-0000-5af9-249fc20a0000 pid=2754 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=8bbdf0c2-1800-0000-5af9-249fbb0a0000 pid=2747->guuid=2563cec5-1800-0000-5af9-249fc20a0000 pid=2754 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Contains symbols with names commonly found in malware
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1872947 Sample: m-i.p-s.Sakura.elf Startdate: 22/02/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 21 185.132.53.180, 12345, 40392, 40394 MYLOC-ASIPBackboneofmyLocmanagedITAGDE Germany 2->21 23 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->23 25 3 other IPs or domains 2->25 27 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->27 29 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->29 31 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->31 33 5 other signatures 2->33 8 m-i.p-s.Sakura.elf 2->8         started        11 dash rm 2->11         started        13 dash rm 2->13         started        15 python3.8 dpkg 2->15         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 35 Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers 8->35 17 m-i.p-s.Sakura.elf 8->17         started        process6 process7 19 m-i.p-s.Sakura.elf 17->19         started       
Gathering data
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt discovery
Behaviour
Reads system network configuration
Reads system routing table
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
185.132.53.180:12345
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:botnet_dayzddos
Author:NDA0E
Description:dayzddos botnet
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:Linux_Gafgyt_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Mal_LNX_Gafgyt_Botnet_ELF
Author:Phatcharadol Thangplub
Description:Use to detect Gafgyt botnet, and there variants.
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Gafgyt

elf 05e0a9fb985b54d2336d7e1500150a8a389705c4eea8a2633289db88430af0f2

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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