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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 11 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: bcc239c8ac93b5b198fd4c5be8da9a252ef9149fcc3c13986d364826a9c8d900
SHA3-384 hash: 91561bf488d4df15a1b18519804eef354fdfc719439ca644c6a8869c09951a30ab28b00f55fb992cca75d99b51bbeef3
SHA1 hash: b98447030cddd22445269855c698715cef09cffb
MD5 hash: 008c8b86f120ab051bbff0301baf1b95
humanhash: purple-zulu-coffee-mississippi
File name:mipsel
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:180'836 bytes
First seen:2025-09-18 05:56:07 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:O4ejx3x6/r5/FQF56rRR6/rYcmw+tp07LQiU85eip4dimmeBy/mdanKs6cSH:Oz1/cZw+t+vWiWiEy/m0nKs6cSH
TLSH T1E304D51AABA11DB7D80ECE3302A6451101CDD99652D97FAFB2B8EA1CF76B84F44D3D04
telfhash t1be210e4791fac6285eb76820adbc47b5085227137652bf706f0985c01c7b002a93add7
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
69
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Receives data from a server
Sends data to a server
Gains root access
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
7
Number of processes launched:
1
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-09-17T18:48:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-09-17T18:48:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=8a2967f3-1800-0000-29b4-99bb390a0000 pid=2617 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=91a331f6-1800-0000-29b4-99bb430a0000 pid=2627 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=8a2967f3-1800-0000-29b4-99bb390a0000 pid=2617->guuid=91a331f6-1800-0000-29b4-99bb430a0000 pid=2627 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Found malware configuration
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1779706 Sample: mipsel.elf Startdate: 18/09/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 26 205.185.121.141, 23, 58872 PONYNETUS United States 2->26 28 169.254.169.254, 80 USDOSUS Reserved 2->28 30 4 other IPs or domains 2->30 32 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->32 34 Found malware configuration 2->34 36 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->36 38 3 other signatures 2->38 10 mipsel.elf 2->10         started        12 dash rm 2->12         started        14 dash rm 2->14         started        16 python3.8 dpkg 2->16         started        signatures3 process4 process5 18 mipsel.elf 10->18         started        process6 20 mipsel.elf 18->20         started        process7 22 mipsel.elf 20->22         started        process8 24 mipsel.elf 22->24         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-09-18 01:10:34 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt defense_evasion discovery
Behaviour
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
205.185.121.141:23
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Trojan.Tsunami-6981155-0
YARA:
n/a
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:botnet_plaintext_c2
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
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
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:Linux_Gafgyt_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Mal_LNX_Gafgyt_Botnet_ELF
Author:Phatcharadol Thangplub
Description:Use to detect Gafgyt botnet, and there variants.
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Gafgyt

elf bcc239c8ac93b5b198fd4c5be8da9a252ef9149fcc3c13986d364826a9c8d900

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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