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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 9ca8728c5685f8f95d126e5572bf1afcdc85eacc15f092091cdf3bce7d1c146b
SHA3-384 hash: 4230a65feca954e222a4cf97273f959f79b0ee04f72ecb0a64bddbd7c9e766b25ec1b13f2517c91772fa7264784dc983
SHA1 hash: fcb5d370f087f84f340daaffad25110d8ef5d0b9
MD5 hash: 621606eb9b3e0fc5a3733357761e405a
humanhash: blue-hotel-alabama-cola
File name:faith.mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:99'092 bytes
First seen:2026-01-20 16:16:39 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:yi5q5ZOcLk/MjEBhiEVrL9Zp8+JtUb2FHTFgZfagjAd5CC62VVW8voe5Wgv6XkJc:Q5Z5LfjcfFtUxp0d5bVjvl8gv6XkJokA
TLSH T150A3022F1D85D512CA95A43DD95937B7C9A79FE30A436C04F8A8390736A3042E5227FF
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
48
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
ELF 32 LE
Detections:
HEUR:Exploit.Linux.Zte.b HEUR:Exploit.Linux.Linksys.a HEUR:Exploit.Linux.CVE-2018-10561.a HEUR:Exploit.Linux.CVE-2017-17215.a
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=13dc34e6-1900-0000-29fa-53873d080000 pid=2109 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=f516e5e7-1900-0000-29fa-538742080000 pid=2114 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=13dc34e6-1900-0000-29fa-53873d080000 pid=2109->guuid=f516e5e7-1900-0000-29fa-538742080000 pid=2114 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
84 / 100
Signature
Found malware configuration
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1854160 Sample: faith.mpsl.elf Startdate: 20/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 84 26 5.17.173.35, 8083 ZTELECOM-ASRU Russian Federation 2->26 28 154.230.34.232 ZAINUGASUG Uganda 2->28 30 98 other IPs or domains 2->30 32 Found malware configuration 2->32 34 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->34 36 Yara detected Gafgyt 2->36 38 2 other signatures 2->38 8 faith.mpsl.elf 2->8         started        10 systemd snap-failure 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 process5 12 faith.mpsl.elf 8->12         started        14 snap-failure systemctl 10->14         started        16 snap-failure 10->16         started        process6 18 faith.mpsl.elf 12->18         started        20 faith.mpsl.elf 12->20         started        22 faith.mpsl.elf 12->22         started        24 2 other processes 12->24
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Exploit.Linux.CVE-2017-17215
Gathering data
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
credential_access discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Reads process memory
Contacts a large (109394) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:testlumma

File information


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Web download

Gafgyt

elf 9ca8728c5685f8f95d126e5572bf1afcdc85eacc15f092091cdf3bce7d1c146b

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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