MalwareBazaar Database

You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 8c17745d754c000fc2bf4aed9ed42aa414cd11c473c2fc8d3c72c6593ea2f371. 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 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8c17745d754c000fc2bf4aed9ed42aa414cd11c473c2fc8d3c72c6593ea2f371
SHA3-384 hash: 8425e93edd92a8b8d46f9ae12034d5fe15d095a0c33bda9783bb091b7b39233045cb3b8adea3a817675de14829dfe34f
SHA1 hash: f99dd4a6df09b37a097e97be42871e489f4c19cc
MD5 hash: a9e85c16e7ad2ae6da28af2b7339b2fa
humanhash: mars-california-social-south
File name:nullnet_load.arm
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:225'802 bytes
First seen:2026-08-19 13:57:49 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:dnR59BMR8w+ubVP8Qr8jVq7LcVKSep4mzqZXEEvnSLkeL5TouRQYGO2:dnJyR8FgtS+oKSe6mzqZ0v5To3O2
TLSH T1A2240648EF11972BC3D267FAEB5903CE2739535877EBB6014D301A7837C6BA4696B120
telfhash t143210cb00636462a1a51cda858dd77ba161c92136305ffb3ee31849c202a0dde53fc0f
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 mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
57
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
bashlite gcc masquerade mirai rust
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=a0803d68-1600-0000-3205-5932b3060000 pid=1715 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=db9de56a-1600-0000-3205-5932b4060000 pid=1716 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=a0803d68-1600-0000-3205-5932b3060000 pid=1715->guuid=db9de56a-1600-0000-3205-5932b4060000 pid=1716 execve
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-19 11:49:38 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
20 of 36 (55.56%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  5/10
Tags:
upx
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:CVE_2017_17215
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects exploitation attempt of CVE-2017-17215
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:Linux_Exploit_CVE_2017_17215_8b78a857
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Exploit code used in the ZeroBot malware
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_d94e1020
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MAL_ARM_LNX_Mirai_Mar13_2022
Author:Mehmet Ali Kerimoglu a.k.a. CYB3RMX
Description:Detects new ARM Mirai variant
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 8c17745d754c000fc2bf4aed9ed42aa414cd11c473c2fc8d3c72c6593ea2f371

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

Comments