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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b2a499696489970d331eed809cf0ea9df81fce7b5e1e4bb74b6ec258cbca8d72
SHA3-384 hash: dec2cc8cedc07a34eae08484670866dec4c82a08aecc2113ec2f1f9ce8ac699b531c93b15de0528a9e1c164a1ccf22a7
SHA1 hash: dd0ace288b113a3d449056dcf7a88739753caa3c
MD5 hash: d01941ed745cf321054033f62ab3d6e2
humanhash: monkey-hawaii-video-failed
File name:zerx86
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:90'768 bytes
First seen:2025-12-16 00:43:05 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:XYOtxaomC8eUHUZYz1yNoFJo819lzMwAjpUr6t+8oKE6ZoD:XYOSorTeUZBqO81olOelfnZoD
TLSH T1D1933BD89AA3C6BCF8E9043250F29F794B34FA6E00BAE797DF249571EC54302920575E
telfhash t1b011367d1d721de8fbd0790bb61d47306d2eaab7047072b205f6346136e20424239c3a
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 :
1
# of downloads :
49
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
DNS request
Runs as daemon
Receives data from a server
Creating a file
Opens a port
Sends data to a server
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-12-15T22:33:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-15T23:50:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=10c846b1-1900-0000-1943-c961160c0000 pid=3094 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=6e8bdeb2-1900-0000-1943-c9611d0c0000 pid=3101 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=10c846b1-1900-0000-1943-c961160c0000 pid=3094->guuid=6e8bdeb2-1900-0000-1943-c9611d0c0000 pid=3101 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=6e8bdeb2-1900-0000-1943-c9611d0c0000 pid=3101->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=d84a24b3-1900-0000-1943-c9611e0c0000 pid=3102 /tmp/. dns net send-data zombie guuid=6e8bdeb2-1900-0000-1943-c9611d0c0000 pid=3101->guuid=d84a24b3-1900-0000-1943-c9611e0c0000 pid=3102 clone guuid=d84a24b3-1900-0000-1943-c9611e0c0000 pid=3102->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 send: 32B 8f0f2797-55a0-545b-98c1-6ddeb56a6e82 165.232.127.233:39691 guuid=d84a24b3-1900-0000-1943-c9611e0c0000 pid=3102->8f0f2797-55a0-545b-98c1-6ddeb56a6e82 send: 79B guuid=71ad32b3-1900-0000-1943-c9611f0c0000 pid=3103 /tmp/. guuid=d84a24b3-1900-0000-1943-c9611e0c0000 pid=3102->guuid=71ad32b3-1900-0000-1943-c9611f0c0000 pid=3103 clone
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
n/a
Score:
64 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1833596 Sample: zerx86.elf Startdate: 16/12/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 64 20 157.245.79.120, 39691, 41502 DIGITALOCEAN-ASNUS United States 2->20 22 54.217.10.153, 37688, 443 AMAZON-02US United States 2->22 24 2 other IPs or domains 2->24 26 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->26 28 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->28 30 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->30 8 zerx86.elf 2->8         started        10 dash rm 2->10         started        12 dash grep 2->12         started        14 dash rm 2->14         started        signatures3 process4 process5 16 zerx86.elf 8->16         started        process6 18 zerx86.elf 16->18         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-16 00:43:34 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
15 of 23 (65.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
linux
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Renames itself
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan mirai Unix.Trojan.Mirai-9866113-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_88de437f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_8aa7b5d3
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_b14f4c5d
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_cc93863b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Gafgyt

elf b2a499696489970d331eed809cf0ea9df81fce7b5e1e4bb74b6ec258cbca8d72

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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