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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a21b9fdbae3257e202e0f4aaa32ba65d23c14728683fc1a651eca42ddea9a9d7
SHA3-384 hash: 36fc42cd0dc5abb32b2e591f46befd06c6db1f927efb12e432d85123931d08215fa297d70ef05143f36be778955d0de7
SHA1 hash: 980013679b8d5e05ab78130ab3e46bdfdc7723f1
MD5 hash: 35710589e5c527a1b54c9ba1150ecffe
humanhash: steak-south-rugby-eleven
File name:rh1ele5p8l
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:248'295 bytes
First seen:2026-04-04 19:14:13 UTC
Last seen:2026-04-05 13:18:37 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 6144:0wM1m1qFlHH4APNSTfqEcaDKctbC+MeETu0pU:0wM1mgln4APNQiEcaDL9JMLVpU
TLSH T1443412839FC251B1E6938A344096D787EB24DD242004DBD5FB1E3EB1A8E23E7F50E659
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

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
80
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Deleting a recently created file
Sends data to a server
Launching a process
Sets a written file as executable
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Creates or modifies symbolic links
Receives data from a server
Creating a file
Runs as daemon
DNS request
Connection attempt
Changes access rights for a written file
Mounts file systems
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Writes files to system directory
Substitutes an application name
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Deletes a system binary file
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
237
Number of processes launched:
7
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Persistence
Process Renaming
Anti-Debugging
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-04-04T16:27:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-04-06T13:12:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=1fcad45b-1900-0000-1b38-a705ea060000 pid=1770 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=cc0c645e-1900-0000-1b38-a705ee060000 pid=1774 memfd:7re50pgw net write-file guuid=1fcad45b-1900-0000-1b38-a705ea060000 pid=1770->guuid=cc0c645e-1900-0000-1b38-a705ee060000 pid=1774 execve cc0ac6be-7bea-5e42-bee5-f132cb1dd4d5 192.0.2.1:80 guuid=cc0c645e-1900-0000-1b38-a705ee060000 pid=1774->cc0ac6be-7bea-5e42-bee5-f132cb1dd4d5 con guuid=b873989b-1900-0000-1b38-a7056f070000 pid=1903 memfd:7re50pgw guuid=cc0c645e-1900-0000-1b38-a705ee060000 pid=1774->guuid=b873989b-1900-0000-1b38-a7056f070000 pid=1903 clone guuid=708ba29b-1900-0000-1b38-a70570070000 pid=1904 memfd:7re50pgw delete-file net send-data write-config write-file zombie guuid=b873989b-1900-0000-1b38-a7056f070000 pid=1903->guuid=708ba29b-1900-0000-1b38-a70570070000 pid=1904 clone 5c4dc244-93f3-5dcb-b797-2d80f54a56d0 179.43.182.70:443 guuid=708ba29b-1900-0000-1b38-a70570070000 pid=1904->5c4dc244-93f3-5dcb-b797-2d80f54a56d0 send: 290B 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=708ba29b-1900-0000-1b38-a70570070000 pid=1904->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 send: 34B guuid=708ba29b-1900-0000-1b38-a70570070000 pid=1909 memfd:7re50pgw guuid=708ba29b-1900-0000-1b38-a70570070000 pid=1904->guuid=708ba29b-1900-0000-1b38-a70570070000 pid=1909 clone guuid=708ba29b-1900-0000-1b38-a70570070000 pid=1910 memfd:7re50pgw delete-file zombie guuid=708ba29b-1900-0000-1b38-a70570070000 pid=1904->guuid=708ba29b-1900-0000-1b38-a70570070000 pid=1910 clone
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
60 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Uses dynamic DNS services
Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1893494 Sample: rh1ele5p8l.elf Startdate: 04/04/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 60 41 igmc.duckdns.org 2->41 43 igmc.duckdns.org 179.43.182.70, 443, 55758 PLI-ASCH Panama 2->43 45 192.0.2.1, 80 unknown Reserved 2->45 47 Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations 2->47 49 Drops files in suspicious directories 2->49 10 10 2->10         started        signatures3 51 Uses dynamic DNS services 41->51 process4 file5 39 /memfd:6syfpw5o (deleted), ELF 10->39 dropped 57 Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations 10->57 14 10->14         started        signatures6 process7 process8 16 14->16         started        file9 29 /usr/libexec/kerneloops, ELF 16->29 dropped 31 /usr/lib/syslogd-rotate, ELF 16->31 dropped 33 /usr/bin/kerneloops, ELF 16->33 dropped 35 2 other files (1 malicious) 16->35 dropped 19 sh 16->19         started        21 sh 16->21         started        process10 process11 23 sh crontab 19->23         started        27 sh crontab 21->27         started        file12 37 /var/spool/cron/crontabs/tmp.7AKvra, ASCII 23->37 dropped 53 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 23->53 55 Executes the "crontab" command typically for achieving persistence 23->55 signatures13
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-04-04 19:15:50 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (SO)
AV detection:
6 of 38 (15.79%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
antivm credential_access discovery execution linux persistence privilege_escalation
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads process memory
Checks SCSI settings
Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)
Creates/modifies Cron job
Enumerates running processes
Modifies systemd
Write file to user bin folder
Writes file to system bin folder
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File information


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Web download

Gafgyt

elf a21b9fdbae3257e202e0f4aaa32ba65d23c14728683fc1a651eca42ddea9a9d7

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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