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Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 96b058a043817aaba507f170f8ab2911660533583fa99bccd723ef24fa78bea8
SHA3-384 hash: 573693b086c0facde8279e06a917a28c0ef01e399f4003c0993684cd863671c60b320878f23db2ccca2f735773c89e47
SHA1 hash: f354d8be08d870e90e12258a1487e7f41505399d
MD5 hash: a421a833891a971ef769dfcba793352f
humanhash: sodium-fix-sixteen-papa
File name:mips
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:245'460 bytes
First seen:2025-08-31 19:50:39 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:2w7rwcvrdzlCEHMVPPqD1Xw5PFUXokytveGn:dDdzlCEsVPSD1XmfMS
TLSH T16434D80EEA628F3CF398853547B78E20925C66951BE2C675D16C95001EA07CEDA2FF6C
telfhash t12f31e3198a7412d063354d89190dff7792b172ef36261d3b4f11a86f6b7d9c26d14c0c
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
75
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
DNS request
Runs as daemon
Sends data to a server
Creating a file
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
lolbin obfuscated remote threat
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
10
Number of processes launched:
13
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
23
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
type: 74.125.250.129:19302
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2025-08-31T17:13:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-08-31T17:13:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=9c5856fb-1700-0000-e3af-8e827d0c0000 pid=3197 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=a6f19efd-1700-0000-e3af-8e82810c0000 pid=3201 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=9c5856fb-1700-0000-e3af-8e827d0c0000 pid=3197->guuid=a6f19efd-1700-0000-e3af-8e82810c0000 pid=3201 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spyw
Score:
60 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1768527 Sample: mips.elf Startdate: 31/08/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 60 14 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->14 16 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->16 7 mips.elf 2->7         started        process3 process4 9 mips.elf 7->9         started        signatures5 18 Opens /sys/class/net/* files useful for querying network interface information 9->18 12 mips.elf 9->12         started        process6
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-08-31 19:51:31 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 38 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Reads MAC address of network interface
Reads network interface configuration
Renames itself
Contacts a large (361386) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Trojan.Gafgyt-6981160-0
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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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


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Web download

Gafgyt

elf 96b058a043817aaba507f170f8ab2911660533583fa99bccd723ef24fa78bea8

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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