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Kaiji


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 23 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 9f9a1a829a4e61207cf6358d1c7fd9055204840a7be07ea6844d2aaf7913db6d
SHA3-384 hash: 8d13f9385b6178b69d77be8738c6f12dec3f5e69aee4176d33c45d2f23a630422abb5332693e94806f8eabf9ccd7c2b4
SHA1 hash: e48ce666120a6620e782b4620a2a8e24ae36aeb8
MD5 hash: 3318834a8d5e7486e81b7ce3723d1633
humanhash: arizona-mississippi-nine-mockingbird
File name:linux_arm5
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Signature Kaiji
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File size:5'439'488 bytes
First seen:2025-09-28 13:49:12 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 24576:ZY/2Yye0Jgd2wbNtpTO2fJWyVjkSq1EXcDYVM20zpwIJ/uVzTPTqOkFIudKHqsOy:coPhOTeOFTLWfKFdhEOXO9CbkYHU1F1
TLSH T1DA461A57B8D18653C0E4367BA8BD81C433A32EB99B9B12675D04FE3D3ABE1990E35314
telfhash t186c0483a4a0c1bae7b2fc1082415460ae6d929f611669a988f19b65b2d018b1368d4aa
gimphash 8c79a97ba015c48d3fe551f55fab6b128642b1eda101e793482aa9334653b862
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 kaiji

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
38
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Detection(s):
Sanesecurity.Malware.30444.LC.UNOFFICIAL
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Unix.Trojan.Kaiji-9975494-0
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Unix.Trojan.Kaiji-9975495-0
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Unix.Malware.Kaiji-10002376-0
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Unix.Malware.Kaiji-10003612-0
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Unix.Malware.Kaiji-10003670-0
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Unix.Malware.Kaiji-10025522-0
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Unix.Malware.Kaiji-10028719-0
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Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
DNS request
Locks files
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Collects information on the RAM
Receives data from a server
Creating a file
Connection attempt
Sets a written file as executable
Manages services
Sets a file as executable
Launching a process
Kills processes
Sends data to a server
Creating a process from a recently created file
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
expand golang lolbin obfuscated threat
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/68d93d6fc564c8e81d095ac1/reports/155cfdac-7784-4e24-895c-e992134ed747/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-09-28T11:57:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-09-28T11:57:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/9f9a1a829a4e61207cf6358d1c7fd9055204840a7be07ea6844d2aaf7913db6d/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/83ec577a-e715-4021-beeb-2764b1387121
Behavior Graph:
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%3 guuid=12f068ed-1f00-0000-3457-04b7b9090000 pid=2489 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=8d0c27f0-1f00-0000-3457-04b7be090000 pid=2494 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=12f068ed-1f00-0000-3457-04b7b9090000 pid=2489->guuid=8d0c27f0-1f00-0000-3457-04b7be090000 pid=2494 execve
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/99cc83dd-c0f2-43ee-943a-db98e6b04891
Result
Threat name:
Chaos
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
80 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1785509
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations
Yara detected Chaos
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1785509 Sample: linux_arm5.elf Startdate: 28/09/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 80 118 202.61.139.18, 35202, 38508, 808 TH-AS-APTianhaiInfoTechCN Australia 2->118 120 109.202.202.202, 80 INIT7CH Switzerland 2->120 122 4 other IPs or domains 2->122 124 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->124 126 Yara detected Chaos 2->126 128 Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports 2->128 12 linux_arm5.elf 2->12         started        16 systemd System.img.config 2->16         started        18 sshd sshd 2->18         started        20 11 other processes 2->20 signatures3 process4 file5 114 /etc/id.services.conf, ELF 12->114 dropped 116 /etc/32678, POSIX 12->116 dropped 140 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 12->140 142 Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations 12->142 22 linux_arm5.elf linux_arm5.elf 12->22         started        26 linux_arm5.elf service systemctl 12->26         started        28 linux_arm5.elf bash 12->28         started        30 System.img.config sh 16->30         started        32 System.img.config service systemctl 16->32         started        34 System.img.config pkill 16->34         started        36 System.img.config System.img.config 16->36         started        38 sshd 18->38         started        40 3 other processes 20->40 signatures6 process7 file8 104 /usr/lib/system-monitor, ELF 22->104 dropped 106 /usr/lib/libdlrpcld.so, ELF 22->106 dropped 108 /usr/bin/ss, ELF 22->108 dropped 110 9 other files (8 malicious) 22->110 dropped 130 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 22->130 132 Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations 22->132 134 Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile 22->134 136 Drops files in suspicious directories 22->136 42 linux_arm5.elf bash 22->42         started        46 linux_arm5.elf bash 22->46         started        56 2 other processes 22->56 48 service 26->48         started        58 3 other processes 26->58 50 bash 32678 28->50         started        52 sh 32678 30->52         started        54 service 32->54         started        60 3 other processes 32->60 signatures9 process10 file11 112 /etc/crontab, ASCII 42->112 dropped 138 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 42->138 74 4 other processes 46->74 62 service systemctl 48->62         started        64 service sed 48->64         started        66 32678 sleep 50->66         started        68 32678 id.services.conf 52->68         started        70 32678 sleep 52->70         started        76 2 other processes 54->76 72 update-rc.d systemctl 56->72         started        78 3 other processes 56->78 signatures12 process13 process14 80 id.services.conf service systemctl 68->80         started        82 id.services.conf sh 68->82         started        84 id.services.conf pkill 68->84         started        86 id.services.conf id.services.conf 68->86         started        process15 88 service 80->88         started        90 service basename 80->90         started        92 service basename 80->92         started        94 service systemctl 80->94         started        96 sh 32678 82->96         started        process16 98 service systemctl 88->98         started        100 service sed 88->100         started        102 32678 sleep 96->102         started       
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/9f9a1a829a4e61207cf6358d1c7fd9055204840a7be07ea6844d2aaf7913db6d
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/9f9a1a829a4e61207cf6358d1c7fd9055204840a7be07ea6844d2aaf7913db6d/
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Kaiji
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-09-28 13:55:45 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=t6nbvau2jzqsa7hwgwgry76zavjajbakppqh5juejuvk66it3nwq._file
Result
Malware family:
kaiji
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:kaiji defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation ransomware
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/250928-q55mnsgn9z/
Behaviour
GoLang User-Agent
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Modifies Bash startup script
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies systemd
Write file to user bin folder
Executes dropped EXE
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Renames multiple (1004) files with added filename extension
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
202.61.139.18:8080
Verdict:
Unknown
Tags:
trojan chaos kaiji
YARA:
ELF_Kaiji_Chaos_April_2024
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/85239c18-bf57-4622-9529-287f6fba4ec8
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Suspicious File
Score:
0.30
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/9f9a1a829a4e61207cf6358d1c7fd9055204840a7be07ea6844d2aaf7913db6d

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:botnet_plaintext_c2
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Author:cip
Description:Attempts to match at least some of the strings used in some botnet variants which use plaintext communication protocols.
Rule name:CP_AllMal_Detector
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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:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
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Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:DetectGoMethodSignatures
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Author:Wyatt Tauber
Description:Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries
Rule name:Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS
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Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:enterpriseunix2
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise UNIX
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
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Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:GoBinTest
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Rule name:golang
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Rule name:golang_binary_string
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Description:Golang strings present
Rule name:identity_golang
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Author:Eric Yocam
Description:find Golang malware
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_a40aaa96
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MD5_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:NET
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Author:malware-lu
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
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Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
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Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:setsockopt
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
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Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:unixredflags3
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information

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Kaiji

elf 9f9a1a829a4e61207cf6358d1c7fd9055204840a7be07ea6844d2aaf7913db6d

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3633858/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3633970/

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