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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 4fad9dd42d3e60fa5ec13f3dabc6453294ed7724d4b726d59bd931758515c8b7
SHA3-384 hash: 499c6de65cada1c4cf9f9769329da72dce1d156c3ae3d24d776e6d1b65f65444c7939e780b35bb73cc70792016356e76
SHA1 hash: e981205c41914aee9fb45c6b32fe92095a028978
MD5 hash: 379b056e76004d8d06c1441cedd96388
humanhash: carpet-may-robert-utah
File name:ppc
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:131'816 bytes
First seen:2025-06-14 14:49:37 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:cXvLNGOipjhnmcuNJu0NOjzVjEm7qAajXH:cXvLNGOip1nmj3NoZEm7qAajXH
TLSH T1B7D33A07931C1B87C8CB49F02DAB27F187AAEDB022A35185980BFF804773AB85557F56
telfhash t140210e4791fac6285eb76820adbc4bb5045227237652bf706f0985c01c7b002a93adcb
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
51
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Gains root access
Receives data from a server
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=19b0efeb-1900-0000-87f0-f862f60a0000 pid=2806 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=a670e3ed-1900-0000-87f0-f862f80a0000 pid=2808 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=19b0efeb-1900-0000-87f0-f862f60a0000 pid=2806->guuid=a670e3ed-1900-0000-87f0-f862f80a0000 pid=2808 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Found malware configuration
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1714769 Sample: ppc.elf Startdate: 14/06/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 20 205.185.124.206, 23, 50268 PONYNETUS United States 2->20 22 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->22 24 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->24 26 Found malware configuration 2->26 28 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->28 30 3 other signatures 2->30 10 ppc.elf 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 process5 12 ppc.elf 10->12         started        process6 14 ppc.elf 12->14         started        process7 16 ppc.elf 14->16         started        process8 18 ppc.elf 16->18         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-06-14 12:08:17 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
27 of 38 (71.05%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt linux
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
205.185.124.206:23
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Trojan.Tsunami-6981155-0
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:botnet_plaintext_c2
Author:cip
Description:Attempts to match at least some of the strings used in some botnet variants which use plaintext communication protocols.
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:Mal_LNX_Gafgyt_Botnet_ELF
Author:Phatcharadol Thangplub
Description:Use to detect Gafgyt botnet, and there variants.
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
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


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Web download

Gafgyt

elf 4fad9dd42d3e60fa5ec13f3dabc6453294ed7724d4b726d59bd931758515c8b7

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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