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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 0962ef7a29559deeca1895f0a632f4c70eb58f18771065e2d5192803c3556a0f
SHA3-384 hash: b7e08f6a5de0ffc1694b2e25b4cae257db65e39a8c895808f065d1a561083d61da5ea39f3beb221a076dfc0415f23a92
SHA1 hash: 0398bb9cdf62b01c3f93f2bb916b337ebe1b6ad3
MD5 hash: 1612e00354042f0be41ef6d41d011a17
humanhash: washington-bacon-social-berlin
File name:life5.x86
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:70'892 bytes
First seen:2026-01-21 12:30:17 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 1536:/wyuOkIvk+cLcBaH1LIDeLWpTKfjZBSOlorg:/cOkIRcLIaH1cDeLvTo
TLSH T175637D85F797D2F1F1834670002BEB6F9B349D154011EEA6FF0A3B75AC71A529A1A23C
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 gafgyt

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
23
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc masquerade rust
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
12
Number of processes launched:
7
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Persistence
Process Renaming
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=53fd2e31-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf010d0000 pid=3329 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=a5ee1f35-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf020d0000 pid=3330 /tmp/sample.bin write-config guuid=53fd2e31-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf010d0000 pid=3329->guuid=a5ee1f35-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf020d0000 pid=3330 execve guuid=312a5335-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf030d0000 pid=3331 /usr/bin/dash guuid=a5ee1f35-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf020d0000 pid=3330->guuid=312a5335-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf030d0000 pid=3331 execve guuid=dafa4b37-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf080d0000 pid=3336 /usr/bin/.sshd guuid=a5ee1f35-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf020d0000 pid=3330->guuid=dafa4b37-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf080d0000 pid=3336 execve guuid=454a8c35-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf040d0000 pid=3332 /usr/bin/cp guuid=312a5335-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf030d0000 pid=3331->guuid=454a8c35-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf040d0000 pid=3332 execve guuid=20236736-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf060d0000 pid=3334 /usr/bin/chmod guuid=312a5335-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf030d0000 pid=3331->guuid=20236736-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf060d0000 pid=3334 execve guuid=2ee7a636-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf070d0000 pid=3335 /usr/bin/chattr guuid=312a5335-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf030d0000 pid=3331->guuid=2ee7a636-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf070d0000 pid=3335 execve guuid=54a17737-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf090d0000 pid=3337 /usr/bin/.sshd guuid=dafa4b37-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf080d0000 pid=3336->guuid=54a17737-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf090d0000 pid=3337 clone guuid=08c17f37-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf0a0d0000 pid=3338 /usr/bin/.sshd net send-data zombie guuid=54a17737-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf090d0000 pid=3337->guuid=08c17f37-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf0a0d0000 pid=3338 clone 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=08c17f37-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf0a0d0000 pid=3338->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con a3b8acf7-5f93-5b2b-a9dd-b9c3242b4d17 15.204.230.147:2334 guuid=08c17f37-1a00-0000-cf4e-efaf0a0d0000 pid=3338->a3b8acf7-5f93-5b2b-a9dd-b9c3242b4d17 send: 270B
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
56 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Drops invisible ELF files
Protects files from modification
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1854858 Sample: life5.x86.elf Startdate: 21/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 56 38 15.204.230.147, 2334 HP-INTERNET-ASUS United States 2->38 40 54.217.10.153, 37686, 443 AMAZON-02US United States 2->40 42 54.247.62.1, 443 AMAZON-02US United States 2->42 8 life5.x86.elf 2->8         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 dash grep 2->14         started        16 dash rm 2->16         started        process3 file4 36 /etc/rc.local, ASCII 8->36 dropped 50 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 8->50 18 life5.x86.elf sh 8->18         started        20 life5.x86.elf .sshd 8->20         started        signatures5 process6 process7 22 sh cp 18->22         started        26 sh chattr 18->26         started        28 sh chmod 18->28         started        30 .sshd 20->30         started        file8 34 /usr/bin/.sshd, ELF 22->34 dropped 44 Drops invisible ELF files 22->44 46 Drops files in suspicious directories 22->46 48 Protects files from modification 26->48 32 .sshd 30->32         started        signatures9 process10
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery linux persistence
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Modifies rc script
Write file to user bin folder
File and Directory Permissions Modification
Executes dropped EXE
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Gafgyt

elf 0962ef7a29559deeca1895f0a632f4c70eb58f18771065e2d5192803c3556a0f

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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