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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5053ed060495da0ca38b342fc5b17c5fd2e3cb47f63a64c7b7e7dcce2590f833
SHA3-384 hash: b8f1ae9a643ef9420100af710e5e3532ad4810c7dfdff2b1226ddfe9a9bd7abda13a285f7a25a977f6d35bcde8ddac3d
SHA1 hash: 0081009c2265a14120cc70cbbc400aadc266df15
MD5 hash: f15fbe26cde2510269ccd991b84ba857
humanhash: pip-indigo-spring-eighteen
File name:ntpd
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:780'744 bytes
First seen:2025-12-23 21:07:46 UTC
Last seen:2025-12-24 04:24:56 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:kGtYTM2JD1NglL6tT/EQmehdsH7N7clguPnnWmc2ayfUVHX:k8KLD1Ngo/Nm8euPnWmi
TLSH T1B8F46C1AB2F3B1BCD007C03047DBCAB25571F87526222D7B26C5FA352E7ACA51359B62
telfhash t199a137b108f67a70a5dbc611b312f1b64a361ce562f935b06a3b6d89dfc1f801ca2423
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 :
2
# of downloads :
34
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  2.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2025-12-23T18:35:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-24T12:48:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=d49d11ce-1900-0000-d274-705b34080000 pid=2100 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=ba62d6cf-1900-0000-d274-705b3a080000 pid=2106 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=d49d11ce-1900-0000-d274-705b34080000 pid=2100->guuid=ba62d6cf-1900-0000-d274-705b3a080000 pid=2106 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=ba62d6cf-1900-0000-d274-705b3a080000 pid=2106->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=5ca71ed0-1900-0000-d274-705b3c080000 pid=2108 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=ba62d6cf-1900-0000-d274-705b3a080000 pid=2106->guuid=5ca71ed0-1900-0000-d274-705b3c080000 pid=2108 clone guuid=cd4d28d0-1900-0000-d274-705b3d080000 pid=2109 /tmp/sample.bin net zombie guuid=5ca71ed0-1900-0000-d274-705b3c080000 pid=2108->guuid=cd4d28d0-1900-0000-d274-705b3d080000 pid=2109 clone 94fb05f0-a1bd-5ae6-8d69-ffe59b3282b6 5.206.225.136:23 guuid=cd4d28d0-1900-0000-d274-705b3d080000 pid=2109->94fb05f0-a1bd-5ae6-8d69-ffe59b3282b6 con
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre
Score:
60 / 100
Signature
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1838498 Sample: ntpd.elf Startdate: 23/12/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 60 17 5.206.225.136, 23 DOTSIPT Portugal 2->17 19 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->19 21 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->21 23 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->23 8 ntpd.elf 2->8         started        11 python3.8 dpkg 2->11         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 25 Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers 8->25 13 ntpd.elf 8->13         started        process6 process7 15 ntpd.elf 13->15         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-23 21:08:23 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 24 (62.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
discovery linux
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Reads system routing table
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
red_team_tool trojan gafgyt tsunami Unix.Trojan.Gafgyt-9876192-0
YARA:
Linux_Hacktool_Flooder_e63396f4 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_eaa9a668 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_fb14e81f Linux_Trojan_Tsunami_30c039e2 Linux_Trojan_Tsunami_0c6686b8
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Hacktool_Flooder_e63396f4
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_eaa9a668
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_fb14e81f
Author:Elastic Security
Reference:0fd07e6068a721774716eb4940e2c19faef02d5bdacf3b018bf5995fa98a3a27
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Tsunami_0c6686b8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Tsunami_30c039e2
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:malwareelf55503
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Gafgyt

elf 5053ed060495da0ca38b342fc5b17c5fd2e3cb47f63a64c7b7e7dcce2590f833

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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