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Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 9fb38903e7ede7f90e91269046033fecf669fd65dd2071dc0228f99886d040e0
SHA3-384 hash: c18be45d89bf066679eb895227b6cd8d65b5a1cf838eeff8cb2a17267368692726d017528c5e7a3a6af3381e6e1e8c8a
SHA1 hash: ea301b718bbe29018601c54c837b33236191edcf
MD5 hash: 939a63de61d406a05617623e39d88c61
humanhash: potato-salami-grey-rugby
File name:mips
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Signature Gafgyt
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File size:85'416 bytes
First seen:2026-01-01 19:33:15 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:X+DSUcyBvpnfptuHzwJViFmqQEeeTh1lf:XCcgvVgzwam5mrlf
TLSH T12E83865E6D218FADF7A886304BB74E31A79933DA37D0C685E25CD9002F6434E641FBA4
telfhash t138215b18883823f497b11cde6becfb76e4a171df46226e378d00e9ae9a1dd464d01c2c
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
62
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
mirai
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6956cc35148c21e830ef3a0d/reports/2a408316-6af5-4a64-9266-cfedade6a9da/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.be
First seen:
2026-01-01T14:58:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-01-02T01:59:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/9fb38903e7ede7f90e91269046033fecf669fd65dd2071dc0228f99886d040e0/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/6cc14574-3fda-4169-9a61-65f623340891
Behavior Graph:
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%3 guuid=38954db5-2000-0000-3cdb-0f7e660c0000 pid=3174 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=af0904b8-2000-0000-3cdb-0f7e6c0c0000 pid=3180 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=38954db5-2000-0000-3cdb-0f7e660c0000 pid=3174->guuid=af0904b8-2000-0000-3cdb-0f7e6c0c0000 pid=3180 execve
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/3777876e-9a43-476b-ad9a-cb42cd2b9651
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
72 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1843271
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Reads system files that contain records of logged in users
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1843271 Sample: mips.elf Startdate: 01/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 72 77 174.97.12.53, 31985 TWC-10796-MIDWESTUS United States 2->77 79 83.26.8.40, 20415 TPNETPL Poland 2->79 81 25 other IPs or domains 2->81 85 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->85 87 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->87 89 Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning) 2->89 11 systemd gdm3 2->11         started        13 systemd gpu-manager 2->13         started        15 systemd accounts-daemon 2->15         started        18 22 other processes 2->18 signatures3 process4 file5 21 gdm3 gdm-session-worker 11->21         started        23 gdm3 plymouth 11->23         started        33 2 other processes 11->33 25 gpu-manager sh 13->25         started        27 gpu-manager sh 13->27         started        29 gpu-manager sh 13->29         started        35 5 other processes 13->35 93 Reads system files that contain records of logged in users 15->93 31 accounts-daemon language-validate 15->31         started        75 /var/log/wtmp, data 18->75 dropped 95 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 18->95 97 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 18->97 37 6 other processes 18->37 signatures6 process7 process8 39 gdm-session-worker gdm-wayland-session 21->39         started        41 sh grep 25->41         started        43 sh grep 27->43         started        45 sh grep 29->45         started        47 language-validate language-options 31->47         started        49 sh grep 35->49         started        51 sh grep 35->51         started        53 sh grep 35->53         started        55 2 other processes 35->55 process9 57 gdm-wayland-session dbus-run-session 39->57         started        59 gdm-wayland-session dbus-daemon 39->59         started        62 language-options sh 47->62         started        signatures10 64 dbus-run-session dbus-daemon 57->64         started        91 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 59->91 67 dbus-daemon 59->67         started        69 sh locale 62->69         started        71 sh grep 62->71         started        process11 signatures12 83 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 64->83 73 dbus-daemon false 67->73         started        process13
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/9fb38903e7ede7f90e91269046033fecf669fd65dd2071dc0228f99886d040e0
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/9fb38903e7ede7f90e91269046033fecf669fd65dd2071dc0228f99886d040e0/
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-01 19:34:20 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
13 of 24 (54.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=t6zysa7h5xt7sdure2iemaz75t3gt7lf3uqhdxacfd4zrbwqidqa._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260101-x9sbgacz3d/
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
Verdict:
Unknown
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/2436e024-ec8f-4442-a229-dddc0321a873
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YARA Signatures

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Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
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Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Create hunting rule
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:unixredflags3
Create hunting rule
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 9fb38903e7ede7f90e91269046033fecf669fd65dd2071dc0228f99886d040e0

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3745419/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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