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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 61bb1e7933bda2e8598985731dda6b8e550a810a192b23a10176f2727a6908cf
SHA3-384 hash: e835b4455ee2435a35de1a343404da625d8cbded2b6a61e999d4adbdfa49dc4500a5f8dcfbacbc9c0d95c3b3b312cf8f
SHA1 hash: f833f6bd1dce1ef21f3d26e043f4c002de7c64a8
MD5 hash: a345f2adc4c112f35c3394ae145155ca
humanhash: lima-alpha-indigo-cat
File name:mipsel
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:92'640 bytes
First seen:2026-01-22 02:01:38 UTC
Last seen:2026-01-23 03:18:09 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:BYeeNUpb/Lh8agkjEkdlpEcACxDuRSz+ilJ7oWeqJ/NVCiaZ1wyR4S:u/Na7EkdHEcH9u3I7bJad4S
TLSH T17793C709BF600E77EC6FDD3705A91B45348C651712E97B3A7A34D928FA4A60F0AE3C64
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 :
4
# of downloads :
120
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
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:
Unknown
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-01-22T00:12:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-22T12:37:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=ab77483b-1700-0000-821b-6e0f8e0d0000 pid=3470 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=7886c73c-1700-0000-821b-6e0f930d0000 pid=3475 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=ab77483b-1700-0000-821b-6e0f8e0d0000 pid=3470->guuid=7886c73c-1700-0000-821b-6e0f930d0000 pid=3475 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
suspicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
23 / 100
Signature
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1855437 Sample: mipsel.elf Startdate: 22/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 23 16 158.94.210.71, 53252, 61843 JANETJiscServicesLimitedGB United Kingdom 2->16 18 Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning) 2->18 8 mipsel.elf 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 process5 10 mipsel.elf 8->10         started        process6 12 mipsel.elf 10->12         started        14 mipsel.elf 10->14         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-22 02:14:23 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
9 of 24 (37.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
antivm credential_access discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Checks CPU configuration
Reads process memory
Enumerates running processes
Renames itself
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Gafgyt

elf 61bb1e7933bda2e8598985731dda6b8e550a810a192b23a10176f2727a6908cf

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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