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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 790239363bb7c49b5895bc14e2f1408294fe01e463d2a6daea7f849b2558d278
SHA3-384 hash: e59c9d3ed87bc9c928aea8e31c3cd75ce79998a4bcace381b978d25ce908dcf0bd8c9d82457716e9717fa03aa03b3313
SHA1 hash: b0c1b79bf5ff5b367337160850af6078d81574ee
MD5 hash: fd435b0190a67ce27d63af10232b57fc
humanhash: oregon-purple-fanta-high
File name:mipsel
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:310'796 bytes
First seen:2025-08-23 03:05:16 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:Dnopq31JRCCI10wieoerMAUKwrjfTN0rU21YeGkqsuIXPFUXokytvewB8:Dno431zCChL3AU121YeGkqJIXfMwB
TLSH T1B664D6866F703FFFD84FCC33009B8AAA429C451652A9AF767A70D404FA8755A89D3D4C
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
47
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sends data to a server
Creating a file
DNS request
Connection attempt
Kills processes
Runs as daemon
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
obfuscated threat
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:
2025-08-23T00:13:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-08-23T00:13:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.gen HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Mirai.bx
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=102ea2b4-1a00-0000-1db0-1989ad0e0000 pid=3757 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=8f5a23b8-1a00-0000-1db0-1989b60e0000 pid=3766 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=102ea2b4-1a00-0000-1db0-1989ad0e0000 pid=3757->guuid=8f5a23b8-1a00-0000-1db0-1989b60e0000 pid=3766 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
n/a
Score:
56 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-08-23 03:05:55 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
13 of 24 (54.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
antivm defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)
Enumerates running processes
Reads MAC address of network interface
Reads network interface configuration
Renames itself
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Trojan.Gafgyt-6981160-0
YARA:
n/a
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_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:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
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 790239363bb7c49b5895bc14e2f1408294fe01e463d2a6daea7f849b2558d278

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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