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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5bf1ded1fb864a9fb9c253cf24b8041ee43981448fb1e65f82cd3b78e335b9d9
SHA3-384 hash: 94b974d1f7fbe4341a71f12bbc156e8d959e46c2fe18d7dbeedef60b3e9f36341676e923ac3bc7cf6b457e28485122d3
SHA1 hash: 8d342eff789bd027fc03972f6df62a142b867780
MD5 hash: e567ad4e12e3daa1eb45f3aef995e492
humanhash: august-idaho-november-robert
File name:xnxnxnxnxnxnxnxni386xnxn
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:60'764 bytes
First seen:2026-10-03 16:55:08 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:+HQepzw03lEHJeTLzUTQtYXANH2YRCReVRFJLqMsSA:slc0upefzYXwHNR3RFJLhA
TLSH T11853019A70F05D23D5AB8A78C3B87ADFF678A2FE1A50D56115D07508C9A31483EECC86
telfhash t191b011e888c208e8220080208e0c0f2a3033030228e2383be0c22a8a22302e3a2200e0
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 mirai UPX
File size (compressed) :60'764 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :115'356 bytes
Format:linux/i386
Unpacked file: b5672fae59b6fce0c227ca3a55b09a49aa59358434550a0f131252524e7d9c4e

Intelligence


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

Behaviour
Receives data from a server
Sends data to a server
Deletes a file
Runs as daemon
Connection attempt
Kills processes
Locks files
Deleting a recently created file
DNS request
Creating a file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
2
Number of processes launched:
3
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-10-03T13:58:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-04T07:18:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=6b06f046-1b00-0000-26da-d7963e090000 pid=2366 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=2a57a549-1b00-0000-26da-d79645090000 pid=2373 /tmp/sample.bin write-file guuid=6b06f046-1b00-0000-26da-d7963e090000 pid=2366->guuid=2a57a549-1b00-0000-26da-d79645090000 pid=2373 execve guuid=2e3a4c4a-1b00-0000-26da-d79647090000 pid=2375 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=2a57a549-1b00-0000-26da-d79645090000 pid=2373->guuid=2e3a4c4a-1b00-0000-26da-d79647090000 pid=2375 clone guuid=3ac05c4a-1b00-0000-26da-d79648090000 pid=2376 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data zombie guuid=2e3a4c4a-1b00-0000-26da-d79647090000 pid=2375->guuid=3ac05c4a-1b00-0000-26da-d79648090000 pid=2376 clone 00040a88-1235-56b4-8359-d39b6c6abc0c 5.175.222.236:54128 guuid=3ac05c4a-1b00-0000-26da-d79648090000 pid=2376->00040a88-1235-56b4-8359-d39b6c6abc0c send: 60B 4f6baed0-9587-596c-82b3-fd721afe4cc1 10.0.2.3:53 guuid=3ac05c4a-1b00-0000-26da-d79648090000 pid=2376->4f6baed0-9587-596c-82b3-fd721afe4cc1 send: 37B guuid=3ac05c4a-1b00-0000-26da-d79648090000 pid=2378 /tmp/sample.bin delete-file zombie guuid=3ac05c4a-1b00-0000-26da-d79648090000 pid=2376->guuid=3ac05c4a-1b00-0000-26da-d79648090000 pid=2378 clone guuid=3ac05c4a-1b00-0000-26da-d79648090000 pid=2379 /tmp/sample.bin zombie guuid=3ac05c4a-1b00-0000-26da-d79648090000 pid=2376->guuid=3ac05c4a-1b00-0000-26da-d79648090000 pid=2379 clone
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
52 / 100
Signature
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is packed with UPX
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Mirai
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-10-03 17:48:38 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
12 of 24 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
antivm defense_evasion discovery linux upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)
Deletes log files
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Deletes Audit logs
Deletes journal logs
Deletes system logs
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:ELF_IoT_DVR_Botnet_Hama_UPX
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects packed and unpacked ELF IoT/DVR botnet variants targeting UPX compression structures and uncompressed code
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
Reference:Internal Research
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:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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Web download

Gafgyt

elf 5bf1ded1fb864a9fb9c253cf24b8041ee43981448fb1e65f82cd3b78e335b9d9

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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