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Database Entry
Gafgyt
Vendor detections: 9
| SHA256 hash: | ad5aec8723a8ab586cc8442cb7ee4794feb633b15a96d0b1d8ae924aa3a94986 |
|---|---|
| SHA3-384 hash: | 0ce4b499e4a0f44f22b3d6fd41eb50aa997b687e3f399631fbdd1d3ba8ba90e44e5fdefd5627793b7378c5bed8ec4539 |
| SHA1 hash: | c8dff84e50d1c00be26dc2bfab7c13341e51ead7 |
| MD5 hash: | 68dcf39cfbd689d99c471c140300f110 |
| humanhash: | two-fish-island-johnny |
| File name: | 3yahbbprg4 |
| Download: | download sample |
| Signature | Gafgyt |
| File size: | 246'860 bytes |
| First seen: | 2026-04-04 19:14:15 UTC |
| Last seen: | 2026-04-05 13:18:34 UTC |
| File type: | elf |
| MIME type: | application/x-sharedlib |
| ssdeep | 6144:0wM1mczgZ4GmRg87dvqqjpyuUjsoo8cFrPBESWGQAxyJUatxrNCxW:0wM1mcWgRg8Iqjpujsoo8qPBJAXPtxrr |
| TLSH | T19B341242FBC191B1E46703B40907DBEFCA34FA240150E5A6F395BA54B8F76C361AD7A8 |
| 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 :
4
# of downloads :
78
Origin country :
DEVendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Behaviour
Connection attempt
Changes access rights for a written file
Sets a written file as executable
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Runs as daemon
Creating a file
Deleting a recently created file
Creating a process from a recently created file
Launching a process
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Writes files to system directory
Substitutes an application name
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:
46
Number of processes launched:
5
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Full report:
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Persistence
Process Renaming
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:
2026-04-06T14:52:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
Malware family:
Gafgyt
Verdict:
Malicious
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:
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-04-04 19:15:46 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (SO)
AV detection:
7 of 38 (18.42%)
Threat level:
5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
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
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Legit
Score:
0.23
File information
The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.
Web download
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
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