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Database Entry
Gafgyt
Vendor detections: 10
| SHA256 hash: | be40ccdeb598182e346d30940a2efed257cbb693f11218d71bb08cea558bd165 |
|---|---|
| SHA3-384 hash: | faa4d4fbf9d873ccd06395fb11f4e15620dbabca4c670b1f2539b21c426d692351b989703eb7b3895fe11b112e572e00 |
| SHA1 hash: | 7be09b983c7b9563ef7bab1ee0f1dfc8ac215208 |
| MD5 hash: | badde113ae8a2ddad21a7612e86c18e5 |
| humanhash: | winter-william-muppet-oregon |
| File name: | badde113ae8a2ddad21a7612e86c18e5 |
| Download: | download sample |
| Signature | Gafgyt |
| File size: | 478'171 bytes |
| First seen: | 2026-10-19 06:20:56 UTC |
| Last seen: | Never |
| File type: | elf |
| MIME type: | application/x-executable |
| ssdeep | 12288:2WfyZcWgZtv6Z0WsOledy4uUYgBfqAadi+pKL0pU:1fgcvu0eUYgNZadi+pnpU |
| TLSH | T18AA423EC9256DFB3F83C483FBA58139883B9D678435D0D531B9461AE366E3F789024A0 |
| 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 |  smica83 |
| Tags: | elf gafgyt |
Intelligence
File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
73
Origin country :
HUVendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Behaviour
Connection attempt
Launching a process
Opens a port
Sends data to a server
DNS request
Receives data from a server
Runs as daemon
Accesses SSH
Performs a bruteforce attack in the network
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
bashlite CVE-2014-8361 exploit mirai packed upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
custom
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
10
Number of processes launched:
29
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
23,6379,2375
Full report:
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-10-16T16:50:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-16T17:04:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
Verdict:
Suspicious
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
76 / 100
Signature
Connects to many IPs within the same subnet mask (likely port scanning)
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Performs DNS queries to domains with low reputation
Sample is packed with UPX
Sample reads from .bash_history
Tries to read the AWS credentials file
Tries to read the SSH private key file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-16 22:37:04 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
16 of 36 (44.44%)
Threat level:
5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
9/10
Tags:
credential_access discovery linux upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
OS Credential Dumping
Contacts a large (164119) amount of remote hosts
Creates a large amount of network flows
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Suspicious File
Score:
0.32
YARA Signatures
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| Rule name: | ELF_IoT_DVR_Botnet_Hama_UPX |
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| Author: | Serhii Kocherhan |
| Description: | Detects packed and unpacked ELF IoT/DVR botnet variants targeting UPX compression structures and uncompressed code |
| Rule name: | linux_generic_ipv6_catcher |
|---|---|
| Author: | @_lubiedo |
| Description: | ELF samples using IPv6 addresses |
| Rule name: | SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File |
|---|---|
| Author: | Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) |
| Description: | Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression |
| Reference: | Internal Research |
| Rule name: | TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE |
|---|---|
| Author: | CYFARE |
| Description: | Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026 |
| Reference: | https://cyfare.net/ |
| Rule name: | upx_packed_elf_v1 |
|---|---|
| Author: | RandomMalware |
File information
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