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MalwareBazaar Database

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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 52971c66b19c3fa5891fceef2da047f4e6da01d1b8c662af030a3da83d457ff5
SHA3-384 hash: cf3f0937572aabf756e1fb648ee245c51ddd391f4e773a9a41b7350cf52650f2b14c8bebf598f461a22e931ff8a818f1
SHA1 hash: f9148a4b24552e4f8646b15ccc5f377c4a31a3df
MD5 hash: a883102d2e852c0adbf540d6272f6df0
humanhash: arizona-michigan-hotel-jupiter
File name:main.sparcv8
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:132'480 bytes
First seen:2026-10-11 14:04:55 UTC
Last seen:2026-10-12 01:57:44 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:B1Bvuvp6Yxw4R8IqVfQGQHp8mictFV/I+n5p5L1lPB:B1BvoomRLqVf6K9WpB
TLSH T1E3D3191776271D22F4D15131A2FF03A2BFE583CB31784E97B65109DAAF276A074832B6
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
95
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-10-11T12:29:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-12T18:11:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=c9bc45f2-1600-0000-98c7-c3dac40d0000 pid=3524 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=cf8304f4-1600-0000-98c7-c3dac80d0000 pid=3528 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=c9bc45f2-1600-0000-98c7-c3dac40d0000 pid=3524->guuid=cf8304f4-1600-0000-98c7-c3dac80d0000 pid=3528 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
60 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1985478 Sample: main.sparcv8.elf Startdate: 11/10/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 60 39 94.154.43.12, 23, 34626, 34628 CDNEXTGB Netherlands 2->39 41 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->41 43 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->43 12 main.sparcv8.elf 2->12         started        15 gnome-session-binary sh gsd-rfkill 2->15         started        17 python3.8 dpkg 2->17         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 45 Sample deletes itself 12->45 19 main.sparcv8.elf 12->19         started        process6 process7 21 main.sparcv8.elf 19->21         started        process8 23 main.sparcv8.elf bash 21->23         started        25 main.sparcv8.elf 21->25         started        process9 27 bash lesspipe 23->27         started        29 bash groups 23->29         started        31 bash dircolors 23->31         started        process10 33 lesspipe 27->33         started        35 lesspipe basename 27->35         started        process11 37 lesspipe dirname 33->37         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-10-11 14:05:28 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
7 of 24 (29.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
linux
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

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:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
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 52971c66b19c3fa5891fceef2da047f4e6da01d1b8c662af030a3da83d457ff5

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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