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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 2aa63c5d27de2445962d25053d8332fc8f9972dd72802fe5bca142fc69e4a2c1
SHA3-384 hash: 1d26617e62e501193e2e5ede81efa04abe7c893d0113aba743e3fa6e2ca5fd3b202ee90b995b19aca1dba248b0f476ff
SHA1 hash: a67444e775c61b7b049523d1a0d5133f650769f7
MD5 hash: 07f97b011c79b95467cddd15e909d526
humanhash: lake-venus-maine-fourteen
File name:zersh4
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:83'092 bytes
First seen:2025-12-17 01:04:57 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:VxSJWeVtmd9eTPxC2sLSdCimnoVUDMUDjCtaCUV0Y:VbeVsnoxC2sLSdCimnBDHDjLCUV0Y
TLSH T16D835BF29009FFB8D1C68D3B70D0C6B8C7231B5A2D672D7E59B182A400C7D5AF95A35A
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 :
131
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gafgyt mirai
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-12-17T00:17:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-18T02:22:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=c675fbee-1900-0000-8592-5b56630c0000 pid=3171 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=e12f3df3-1900-0000-8592-5b56640c0000 pid=3172 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=c675fbee-1900-0000-8592-5b56630c0000 pid=3171->guuid=e12f3df3-1900-0000-8592-5b56640c0000 pid=3172 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
n/a
Score:
56 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1834495 Sample: zersh4.elf Startdate: 17/12/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 56 14 157.245.79.120, 39691, 41508 DIGITALOCEAN-ASNUS United States 2->14 16 slursbeback.ru 2->16 18 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->18 20 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->20 8 zersh4.elf 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 process5 10 zersh4.elf 8->10         started        process6 12 zersh4.elf 10->12         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-17 01:05:24 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 24 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
linux
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Trojan.Mirai-9885259-0
YARA:
n/a
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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 2aa63c5d27de2445962d25053d8332fc8f9972dd72802fe5bca142fc69e4a2c1

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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