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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 41bac7736e8953e15879a3684196047db9a6522b7dc2815b94ad6c5257ce6043
SHA3-384 hash: cfc07165dc045fa612d75145b32567074fa149d04416b18e684baebd2503b6843a2fed9b5f2c63104b9bc33b4a830fa4
SHA1 hash: 6d8b144d8c70106ac6f3a94cc315de6ee175d196
MD5 hash: 56be756ea49f4cf7c66d3cdf417e51a0
humanhash: bravo-fillet-alaska-rugby
File name:mips
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:85'416 bytes
First seen:2026-01-20 13:32:30 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:y+DyqcySG1WfQ/u2VDEydaETdJoe4zSEEUW:ycc9UWYVDc0dJE3Y
TLSH T1E683765E6D218FEDF7A886304BB78E31A69933D637E0C685E25CD9002F6434D641FBA4
telfhash t138215b18883823f497b11cde6becfb76e4a171df46226e378d00e9ae9a1dd464d01c2c
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
89
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-01-20T10:00:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-20T13:48:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=a60d9d60-1600-0000-5edf-ccebbc0c0000 pid=3260 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=802a7e62-1600-0000-5edf-ccebc20c0000 pid=3266 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=a60d9d60-1600-0000-5edf-ccebbc0c0000 pid=3260->guuid=802a7e62-1600-0000-5edf-ccebc20c0000 pid=3266 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
68 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Reads system files that contain records of logged in users
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1853937 Sample: mips.elf Startdate: 20/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 68 114 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->114 116 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->116 11 systemd gdm3 2->11         started        13 systemd gpu-manager 2->13         started        15 systemd accounts-daemon 2->15         started        18 23 other processes 2->18 process3 file4 21 gdm3 gdm-session-worker 11->21         started        23 gdm3 gdm-session-worker 11->23         started        33 3 other processes 11->33 25 gpu-manager sh 13->25         started        27 gpu-manager sh 13->27         started        29 gpu-manager sh 13->29         started        35 5 other processes 13->35 120 Reads system files that contain records of logged in users 15->120 31 accounts-daemon language-validate 15->31         started        112 /var/log/wtmp, data 18->112 dropped 122 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 18->122 124 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 18->124 37 6 other processes 18->37 signatures5 process6 process7 39 gdm-session-worker gdm-wayland-session 21->39         started        41 gdm-session-worker gdm-x-session 23->41         started        43 sh grep 25->43         started        45 sh grep 27->45         started        47 sh grep 29->47         started        49 language-validate language-options 31->49         started        51 sh grep 35->51         started        55 4 other processes 35->55 53 mips.elf 37->53         started        process8 57 gdm-wayland-session dbus-run-session 39->57         started        59 gdm-x-session dbus-run-session 41->59         started        61 gdm-x-session Xorg Xorg.wrap Xorg 41->61         started        63 gdm-x-session Default 41->63         started        65 language-options sh 49->65         started        process9 67 dbus-run-session dbus-daemon 57->67         started        70 dbus-run-session gnome-session gnome-session-binary 1 57->70         started        72 dbus-run-session dbus-daemon 59->72         started        74 dbus-run-session gnome-session gnome-session-binary 59->74         started        76 Xorg sh 61->76         started        78 sh locale 65->78         started        80 sh grep 65->80         started        signatures10 118 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 67->118 82 dbus-daemon 67->82         started        84 dbus-daemon 67->84         started        86 dbus-daemon 67->86         started        96 4 other processes 67->96 88 gnome-session-binary sh gnome-shell 70->88         started        90 gnome-session-binary session-migration 70->90         started        92 gnome-session-binary gnome-session-check-accelerated 74->92         started        94 sh xkbcomp 76->94         started        process11 process12 98 dbus-daemon false 82->98         started        100 dbus-daemon false 84->100         started        102 dbus-daemon false 86->102         started        104 dbus-daemon false 96->104         started        106 dbus-daemon false 96->106         started        108 dbus-daemon false 96->108         started        110 dbus-daemon false 96->110         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-20 13:33:28 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
16 of 37 (43.24%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Gafgyt

elf 41bac7736e8953e15879a3684196047db9a6522b7dc2815b94ad6c5257ce6043

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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