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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 197422b9caeffd55a68a37af34a2503210eb48fb17e660ef86f082a2c52aad73
SHA3-384 hash: 6cfd01f2843cd015ea0182616c937201449171c0a679b92c20d69dbfa419373c9ddc5b949415a116b68de05f106efa0f
SHA1 hash: a0bf04123858a419069f599060de9e8d7be6b135
MD5 hash: 6598882c252876b573b446ee80b8869b
humanhash: lithium-equal-early-island
File name:mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:186'684 bytes
First seen:2025-04-06 00:46:56 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:idMU5qfvXVk293ZB8bcZj8OkRWVbDrTgBtG4M4uoEcElvwdTlnOUr:idMYqfP+RHODWBtGendR
TLSH T140048486BF603EFFC85ECC3351A5CA0A119C99591298BFB75A34E414F78B10A99D3C9C
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 mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
132
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Mounts file systems
DNS request
Runs as daemon
Creating a file
Opens a port
Substitutes an application name
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
lolbin remote
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
7
Number of processes launched:
1
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
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
52 / 100
Signature
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1657492 Sample: mpsl.elf Startdate: 06/04/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 52 15 161.165.171.243, 23 WAL-MARTUS United States 2->15 17 156.5.72.10, 23 VODACOM-ZA United States 2->17 19 54 other IPs or domains 2->19 21 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->21 8 mpsl.elf 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 23 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 8->23 11 mpsl.elf 8->11         started        process6 process7 13 mpsl.elf 11->13         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Mirai
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-04-06 00:47:19 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
13 of 24 (54.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
credential_access discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads process memory
Enumerates running processes
Renames itself
Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
Contacts a large (17244) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7135893-0
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
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 197422b9caeffd55a68a37af34a2503210eb48fb17e660ef86f082a2c52aad73

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh

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