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Kaiji


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 20 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 59d04334276a73bffdc8108362512e816b98991c8f2d66468fb2b7448dd46aa1
SHA3-384 hash: 70546e3b10deeec1caa82ac01ba7f24f18df160386165151805a485fefb7bcd8a6e920622f2bccf27524171be63e39e6
SHA1 hash: 75ace166deeac05dad30605450f08dba1c9b8bb0
MD5 hash: fe94db05e3d6d495cd602aa4c1d7492d
humanhash: magazine-edward-white-helium
File name:linux_mipsel
Download: download sample
Signature Kaiji
File size:6'029'312 bytes
First seen:2025-09-28 13:49:14 UTC
Last seen:2025-09-28 15:22:03 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 49152:X/X9THEQU9zTO5SnZWPfTQoYxvhAiObgyOHd3Q2MMc9j0VF1:/SnZDd
TLSH T1B756F704BC856BA6C42C5B7981EBCAA623B06D140AF15B771264FFD9B8762747F43C8C
gimphash 8c79a97ba015c48d3fe551f55fab6b128642b1eda101e793482aa9334653b862
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 kaiji

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
73
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sends data to a server
Creating a file
Manages services
Sets a written file as executable
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Receives data from a server
Launching a process
Connection attempt
Sets a file as executable
Locks files
Creating a process from a recently created file
Writes files to system subdirectory
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
golang obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
7
Number of processes launched:
1
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-09-28T11:55:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-09-28T11:55:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=20e0c1eb-1900-0000-aea2-36e8910a0000 pid=2705 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=491143ee-1900-0000-aea2-36e8970a0000 pid=2711 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=20e0c1eb-1900-0000-aea2-36e8910a0000 pid=2705->guuid=491143ee-1900-0000-aea2-36e8970a0000 pid=2711 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
48 / 100
Signature
Yara detected Chaos
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1785508 Sample: linux_mipsel.elf Startdate: 28/09/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 48 18 Yara detected Chaos 2->18 6 sshd sshd 2->6         started        8 sshd sshd 2->8         started        10 sshd sshd 2->10         started        12 linux_mipsel.elf 2->12         started        process3 process4 14 sshd 6->14         started        16 sshd 8->16         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Kaiji
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-09-28 13:54:30 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:kaiji defense_evasion discovery persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
GoLang User-Agent
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies systemd
Executes dropped EXE
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan chaos kaiji Unix.Trojan.Kaiji-9975494-0
YARA:
ELF_Kaiji_Chaos_April_2024
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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:CP_AllMal_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication
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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:DetectGoMethodSignatures
Author:Wyatt Tauber
Description:Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries
Rule name:Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:enterpriseunix2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise UNIX
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:GoBinTest
Rule name:golang
Rule name:golang_binary_string
Description:Golang strings present
Rule name:identity_golang
Author:Eric Yocam
Description:find Golang malware
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_a40aaa96
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Kaiji

elf 59d04334276a73bffdc8108362512e816b98991c8f2d66468fb2b7448dd46aa1

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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