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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 6f3ab43274ca2da3d31aa9190c1caa24fd5c3850f69a7da10ad9640cbced74dd
SHA3-384 hash: 596d24021a947d759725a57ec486de618a202b04245fb589563355cde78fd5711b412f40fda853fe3287730dc2f1e0a0
SHA1 hash: c091722a46cf2b8b84c3a8a634e285cbfabc3ca8
MD5 hash: c424ad7d1c65b5240f2b4a775f7c762b
humanhash: twenty-uniform-lima-fifteen
File name:armhf
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:661'560 bytes
First seen:2026-04-30 18:12:00 UTC
Last seen:2026-05-01 14:03:07 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 12288:l7diBRtT3aToOLELq8CiT7NsHwCEsLBajoDjV8ptgCjLRtK7BCQXxV3vm:V+JawLtZNsxEeCfK7BCMxV3v
TLSH T127E4CF67F5261E43C8E3A13F2467C1695333E61623969706A70BF5BD3ED62398B0A3C4
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
100
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Runs as daemon
Manages services
Changes access rights for a written file
Launching a process
Locks files
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Sets a written file as executable
Creating a file
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Deleting of the original file
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies symbolic links in /init.d to set up autorun
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gafgyt gcc mirai
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=2f4d46fa-1700-0000-c54e-69e8240b0000 pid=2852 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=f6c885fc-1700-0000-c54e-69e82d0b0000 pid=2861 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=2f4d46fa-1700-0000-c54e-69e8240b0000 pid=2852->guuid=f6c885fc-1700-0000-c54e-69e82d0b0000 pid=2861 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
52 / 100
Signature
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample deletes itself
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1906978 Sample: armhf.elf Startdate: 30/04/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 52 15 136.27.23.126, 23, 2323 WEBPASSUS United States 2->15 17 156.17.210.255, 23, 2323 WASKWROCMAN-EDUeducationalpartofWASKnetworkWroclaw Poland 2->17 19 44 other IPs or domains 2->19 21 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->21 8 armhf.elf 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 process5 10 armhf.elf 8->10         started        process6 12 armhf.elf 10->12         started        signatures7 23 Sample deletes itself 12->23
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-04-30 18:12:40 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 38 (36.84%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Modifies Bash startup script
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies rc script
Modifies systemd
File and Directory Permissions Modification
Deletes itself
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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:ldpreload
Author:xorseed
Reference:https://stuff.rop.io/
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:malwareelf55503
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
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 6f3ab43274ca2da3d31aa9190c1caa24fd5c3850f69a7da10ad9640cbced74dd

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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