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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 19 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 794b5e79c742d16b6a8eb5e25b580e328731466ff894a6ff1cd47e49e30ddabb
SHA3-384 hash: bba292141f9973c5040993e77cb336fbfbc612c5e6fe5c2f2978661f0c193682a9a638a5fba7f52f333c904f8b55761d
SHA1 hash: fd1eb4298c9d64f64272b32cfdb2cd1710def9ca
MD5 hash: dc4cd371c771d7fb69a856755712eac7
humanhash: colorado-mirror-oxygen-kentucky
File name:ftp
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:74'492 bytes
First seen:2026-03-03 06:21:38 UTC
Last seen:2026-03-03 12:24:01 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:8p4uw66yastO49zyje4MkJLwDnOD8J52rf3BstzWT/O/sZw2U59RLZ5:8pV6R+x9zyje4MkJLwDnOD8mrfRSzO/C
TLSH T121735C456280D6F7D18316F1069BAFA8033AFD3A1ABBEE45F3587CF48B710847925719
telfhash t1cd11af55a4fa4a6c5ef2542098fc17741aa772273162be706f5dc5849c3b002b539fce
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 :
2
# of downloads :
111
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Runs as daemon
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
1
Number of processes launched:
3
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2018-01-24T17:23:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2018-01-24T20:33:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=c49f823d-1900-0000-9102-18cc590c0000 pid=3161 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=f8bd593f-1900-0000-9102-18cc5d0c0000 pid=3165 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=c49f823d-1900-0000-9102-18cc590c0000 pid=3161->guuid=f8bd593f-1900-0000-9102-18cc5d0c0000 pid=3165 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=f8bd593f-1900-0000-9102-18cc5d0c0000 pid=3165->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=70745b40-1900-0000-9102-18cc620c0000 pid=3170 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=f8bd593f-1900-0000-9102-18cc5d0c0000 pid=3165->guuid=70745b40-1900-0000-9102-18cc620c0000 pid=3170 clone guuid=20846140-1900-0000-9102-18cc630c0000 pid=3171 /tmp/sample.bin net zombie guuid=70745b40-1900-0000-9102-18cc620c0000 pid=3170->guuid=20846140-1900-0000-9102-18cc630c0000 pid=3171 clone 94fb05f0-a1bd-5ae6-8d69-ffe59b3282b6 5.206.225.136:23 guuid=20846140-1900-0000-9102-18cc630c0000 pid=3171->94fb05f0-a1bd-5ae6-8d69-ffe59b3282b6 con
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
76 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers
Yara detected Gafgyt
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2018-01-18 03:32:00 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
28 of 36 (77.78%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
discovery linux
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Reads system routing table
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:elf_bashlite_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects elf.bashlite.
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:Linux_Gafgyt_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_20f5e74f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_5bf62ce4
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6122acdf
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6321b565
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_7167d08f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_71e487ea
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_750fe002
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_c573932b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_fb14e81f
Author:Elastic Security
Reference:0fd07e6068a721774716eb4940e2c19faef02d5bdacf3b018bf5995fa98a3a27
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Mal_LNX_Gafgyt_Botnet_ELF
Author:Phatcharadol Thangplub
Description:Use to detect Gafgyt botnet, and there variants.
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:Tsunami_Backdoor
Author:@is_henderson
Description:Tsunami Backdoor
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Gafgyt

elf 794b5e79c742d16b6a8eb5e25b580e328731466ff894a6ff1cd47e49e30ddabb

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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