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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 79607790181a99872404d10746f3a1af56e35e765cf7b5f5cc6c6e1f98e5c98b
SHA3-384 hash: b77bf137355c7253fdab21aab92b3f59d5a7bcc6d91f54374f159e58617b5e46337fc4ac2cd79de57604ec98869ce51c
SHA1 hash: d52202b5b9cdea20753f1e0b011344bc0db90ede
MD5 hash: abfe9e370e649f4fc5bd1b463243cc42
humanhash: twelve-fourteen-lamp-video
File name:i686
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:113'791 bytes
First seen:2025-05-13 20:04:27 UTC
Last seen:2025-05-14 15:06:12 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:4jzWBo5X5jLu6854Kne0u7kwbgy+gm5qbyCYXmh:q/66CAH+gm5qbyRXmh
TLSH T19CB33ACAD343C0B7C4431AB1129BE26E4221FD77872EAE06E35D7EB4AB324D4315975A
telfhash t1a1210e4791fac6685eb76930adbc4bb5085227137652bf716f0985c01cbb003ad3aed7
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 :
135
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Gains root access
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc lolbin remote
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
0
Number of processes launched:
9
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
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Found malware configuration
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1689400 Sample: i686.elf Startdate: 13/05/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 35 5.252.177.70, 23 MIVOCLOUDMD Moldova Republic of 2->35 37 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->37 39 Found malware configuration 2->39 41 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->41 43 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->43 45 3 other signatures 2->45 15 i686.elf 2->15         started        signatures3 process4 process5 17 i686.elf 15->17         started        process6 19 i686.elf 17->19         started        process7 21 i686.elf 19->21         started        process8 23 i686.elf 21->23         started        process9 25 i686.elf 23->25         started        process10 27 i686.elf 25->27         started        process11 29 i686.elf 27->29         started        process12 31 i686.elf 29->31         started        process13 33 i686.elf 31->33         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-05-13 20:05:22 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
26 of 36 (72.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt linux
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
5.252.177.70:23
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan gafgyt Unix.Trojan.Tsunami-6981155-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_e6d75e6f Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_862c4e0e
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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: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_862c4e0e
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_e6d75e6f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Mal_LNX_Gafgyt_Botnet_ELF
Author:Phatcharadol Thangplub
Description:Use to detect Gafgyt botnet, and there variants.
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
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 79607790181a99872404d10746f3a1af56e35e765cf7b5f5cc6c6e1f98e5c98b

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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