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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 23 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c30d1450086ecc38d2e88bd7ed55d73e5b0112679a66b6baae8be922c43f275e
SHA3-384 hash: 4eba072557462f60522470abbe2e21faf5222f8db29cc174313f4b17f5b4c13eb9f6e27b612ecf22e4218c06a80c6e95
SHA1 hash: 1329c96df6e6ce6fa748151d71dee9d3526336bc
MD5 hash: 948e2aa93f8aa32ac54bd1f6e5437289
humanhash: blue-earth-three-juliet
File name:weednet
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:214'099 bytes
First seen:2026-02-13 19:37:24 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:q2MEkdpcNEWjyHkLYQTxOD8iABif5hjLyx0hyHy/0m0Qvha9x4s:lMEkdpcNEWjyHgbTxw5hjLyx0hyHy/01
TLSH T19F243A32B241C6F3C08306F212A7DB660D33F5BB1B5FE509E3686CB89E66185B115E9D
telfhash t14f713254947d09d9ae634d29a46c17e35943f02622e5bf28ff0acdc0085f42df254e0f
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 :
36
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
2
Number of processes launched:
5
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
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=500c848b-1600-0000-ad27-42ed340c0000 pid=3124 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=38e8848d-1600-0000-ad27-42ed3b0c0000 pid=3131 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=500c848b-1600-0000-ad27-42ed340c0000 pid=3124->guuid=38e8848d-1600-0000-ad27-42ed3b0c0000 pid=3131 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=38e8848d-1600-0000-ad27-42ed3b0c0000 pid=3131->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=fa3f758e-1600-0000-ad27-42ed400c0000 pid=3136 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=38e8848d-1600-0000-ad27-42ed3b0c0000 pid=3131->guuid=fa3f758e-1600-0000-ad27-42ed400c0000 pid=3136 clone guuid=25037f8e-1600-0000-ad27-42ed410c0000 pid=3137 /tmp/sample.bin net zombie guuid=fa3f758e-1600-0000-ad27-42ed400c0000 pid=3136->guuid=25037f8e-1600-0000-ad27-42ed410c0000 pid=3137 clone f54d1384-4836-52db-9189-8c02127514aa 111.123.41.235:4444 guuid=25037f8e-1600-0000-ad27-42ed410c0000 pid=3137->f54d1384-4836-52db-9189-8c02127514aa con guuid=bdb68f8e-1600-0000-ad27-42ed420c0000 pid=3138 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=25037f8e-1600-0000-ad27-42ed410c0000 pid=3137->guuid=bdb68f8e-1600-0000-ad27-42ed420c0000 pid=3138 clone guuid=64ca998e-1600-0000-ad27-42ed430c0000 pid=3139 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=bdb68f8e-1600-0000-ad27-42ed420c0000 pid=3138->guuid=64ca998e-1600-0000-ad27-42ed430c0000 pid=3139 clone
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Contains symbols with names commonly found in malware
Found malware configuration
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers
Reads system files that contain records of logged in users
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1869344 Sample: weednet.elf Startdate: 13/02/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 100 149 111.123.41.235, 4444, 55344 CHINANET-GY-ASCHINANETGuizhouYilongIDCCN China 2->149 159 Found malware configuration 2->159 161 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->161 163 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->163 165 4 other signatures 2->165 15 systemd gdm3 2->15         started        17 systemd gpu-manager 2->17         started        19 weednet.elf 2->19         started        22 34 other processes 2->22 signatures3 process4 file5 25 gdm3 gdm-session-worker 15->25         started        27 gdm3 gdm-session-worker 15->27         started        37 3 other processes 15->37 29 gpu-manager sh 17->29         started        31 gpu-manager sh 17->31         started        39 6 other processes 17->39 167 Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers 19->167 33 weednet.elf 19->33         started        147 /var/log/wtmp, data 22->147 dropped 169 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 22->169 171 Reads system files that contain records of logged in users 22->171 35 accounts-daemon language-validate 22->35         started        41 4 other processes 22->41 signatures6 process7 process8 43 gdm-session-worker gdm-x-session 25->43         started        45 gdm-session-worker gdm-wayland-session 27->45         started        47 sh grep 29->47         started        49 sh grep 31->49         started        51 weednet.elf 33->51         started        53 language-validate language-options 35->53         started        55 sh grep 39->55         started        57 sh grep 39->57         started        59 4 other processes 39->59 process9 61 gdm-x-session dbus-run-session 43->61         started        63 gdm-x-session Xorg Xorg.wrap Xorg 43->63         started        65 gdm-x-session Default 43->65         started        67 gdm-wayland-session dbus-run-session 45->67         started        69 weednet.elf 51->69         started        71 language-options sh 53->71         started        process10 73 dbus-run-session dbus-daemon 61->73         started        76 dbus-run-session gnome-session gnome-session-binary 1 61->76         started        78 Xorg sh 63->78         started        80 Xorg sh 63->80         started        82 dbus-run-session dbus-daemon 67->82         started        84 dbus-run-session gnome-session gnome-session-binary 1 67->84         started        86 weednet.elf 69->86         started        88 sh locale 71->88         started        90 sh grep 71->90         started        signatures11 173 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 73->173 175 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 73->175 92 dbus-daemon 73->92         started        94 dbus-daemon 73->94         started        103 9 other processes 73->103 96 gnome-session-binary sh gnome-shell 76->96         started        105 18 other processes 76->105 99 sh xkbcomp 78->99         started        101 sh xkbcomp 80->101         started        107 7 other processes 82->107 109 2 other processes 84->109 process12 signatures13 111 dbus-daemon at-spi-bus-launcher 92->111         started        113 dbus-daemon gjs 94->113         started        151 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 96->151 116 gnome-shell ibus-daemon 96->116         started        126 9 other processes 103->126 118 gsd-print-notifications 105->118         started        120 gnome-session-check-accelerated gnome-session-check-accelerated-gl-helper 105->120         started        122 gnome-session-check-accelerated gnome-session-check-accelerated-gles-helper 105->122         started        124 dbus-daemon false 107->124         started        128 6 other processes 107->128 process14 signatures15 130 at-spi-bus-launcher dbus-daemon 111->130         started        153 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 113->153 133 ibus-daemon 116->133         started        135 ibus-daemon ibus-memconf 116->135         started        137 ibus-daemon ibus-engine-simple 116->137         started        139 gsd-print-notifications gsd-printer 118->139         started        process16 signatures17 155 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 130->155 157 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 130->157 141 dbus-daemon 130->141         started        143 ibus-daemon ibus-x11 133->143         started        process18 process19 145 dbus-daemon at-spi2-registryd 141->145         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-13 13:53:14 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
22 of 36 (61.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Reads system network configuration
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Reads system routing table
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
111.123.41.235:4444
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:botnet_dayzddos
Author:NDA0E
Description:dayzddos botnet
Rule name:botnet_dedsec
Author:NDA0E
Description:dedsec botnet
Rule name:botnet_Kaiten
Author:NDA0E
Description:Kaiten botnet
Rule name:botnet_mortem_qbot_gafgyt
Author:cip
Description:Some strings that stand out from a publicly-available botnet source code (Mortem-qBot-Botnet-Src)
Rule name:botnet_RyM
Author:NDA0E
Description:RyM botnet
Rule name:botnet_unknown
Author:NDA0E
Description:unknown botnet
Rule name:botnet_Vixaati
Author:NDA0E
Description:Vixaati botnet
Rule name:botnet_Yakuza
Author:NDA0E
Description:Yakuza botnet
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:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
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:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_20f5e74f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_28a2fe0c
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_5bf62ce4
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_71e487ea
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_c573932b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_ea92cca8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
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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Gafgyt

elf c30d1450086ecc38d2e88bd7ed55d73e5b0112679a66b6baae8be922c43f275e

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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