MalwareBazaar Database

You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 7ead0325c71987cf78422d0f96bc7c9c6551a5952501514bbfe039e884cb33bf. While MalwareBazaar tries to identify whether the sample provided is malicious or not, there is no guarantee that a sample in MalwareBazaar is malicious.

Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 12 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 7ead0325c71987cf78422d0f96bc7c9c6551a5952501514bbfe039e884cb33bf
SHA3-384 hash: cb4c57fb4186faa014f9d0ba0e116ee6154ed82f22119a685c0bce763758f07021a44459b97d384f41f36a2037578a98
SHA1 hash: 901d655e6ad83a9cb94c5c9e1c414473b02eb142
MD5 hash: ccb0af2ddf606a4380701451f42c667a
humanhash: india-spring-edward-fourteen
File name:assailant.arm7
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:180'192 bytes
First seen:2026-01-20 14:52:10 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:sV/Yb/dnp+eQPGq+/nTCappbzHdQLpzcMbPB7Q45hLSC3zVbYM/992qEmmw3Bq/C:++bCappbz9QLJbPBX5hLSC3z+M/90qEc
TLSH T12A044A05DA809B17C6E237BAF79B428E73239B5467D733058928ABF03FC27995E36015
telfhash t10731ce539af9871c6fb75d34acbc4bf11151aa227260bf70af4ec1808a33102b479d9b
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
26
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=b79005e4-1800-0000-5d86-b66933050000 pid=1331 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=bef9e7e6-1800-0000-5d86-b6693b050000 pid=1339 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=b79005e4-1800-0000-5d86-b66933050000 pid=1331->guuid=bef9e7e6-1800-0000-5d86-b6693b050000 pid=1339 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
92 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
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: 1854037 Sample: assailant.arm7.elf Startdate: 20/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 92 41 178.16.52.166, 42516 DUSNET-ASDE Germany 2->41 43 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->43 45 2 other IPs or domains 2->45 47 Found malware configuration 2->47 49 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->49 51 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->51 53 4 other signatures 2->53 15 assailant.arm7.elf 2->15         started        17 python3.8 dpkg 2->17         started        19 python3.8 dpkg 2->19         started        signatures3 process4 process5 21 assailant.arm7.elf 15->21         started        process6 23 assailant.arm7.elf 21->23         started        process7 25 assailant.arm7.elf 23->25         started        27 assailant.arm7.elf 23->27         started        process8 29 assailant.arm7.elf 25->29         started        process9 31 assailant.arm7.elf 29->31         started        process10 33 assailant.arm7.elf 31->33         started        process11 35 assailant.arm7.elf 33->35         started        process12 37 assailant.arm7.elf 35->37         started        process13 39 assailant.arm7.elf 37->39         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-20 14:53:24 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
23 of 36 (63.89%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
178.16.52.166:42516
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan gafgyt Unix.Dropper.Mirai-7138855-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_30444846 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6a510422 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d2953f92 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6ae4b580
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_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
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:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_30444846
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6a510422
Author:Elastic Security
Reference:14cc92b99daa0c91aa09d9a7996ee5549a5cacd7be733960b2cf3681a7c2b628
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6ae4b580
Author:Elastic Security
Reference:14cc92b99daa0c91aa09d9a7996ee5549a5cacd7be733960b2cf3681a7c2b628
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_d2953f92
Author:Elastic Security
Reference:14cc92b99daa0c91aa09d9a7996ee5549a5cacd7be733960b2cf3681a7c2b628
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: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 7ead0325c71987cf78422d0f96bc7c9c6551a5952501514bbfe039e884cb33bf

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

Comments