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Database Entry



Kaiji


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 21 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c8db880706a59cb6d38ad0701d962894a31a1cdc02860d242d39ad0b14f39607
SHA3-384 hash: d6ac5883d4d77757b3895c868699e4a5b02a4012fbf8a674c031730957ce815ccaa3f04ada575e08a3969624d03bd8ca
SHA1 hash: 8e5c34a2103366ab7b57605ff6e6d8447a4fe435
MD5 hash: 0ff72d3d2bb82b08877c9d5084f33b73
humanhash: beryllium-solar-steak-shade
File name:linux_arm5
Download: download sample
Signature Kaiji
File size:5'308'416 bytes
First seen:2025-10-13 05:45:58 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 49152:QtKY0CdO+kBRx0Tg0qTecEG7meYuhB+lYfQMcU1F1:OKY3U+qRxQ3qKjM
TLSH T108361957B8D28642C0E4367AB8BDC1C433A35EB99B9B62575D04FE3D3ABE1990E35304
telfhash t186c09b674a0c15bd771ed10415065705e5d934f1157566550f28f55b0c10d71368d467
gimphash d32a616709154d99f5f34672a5e693bcff5dc106b2584b8d6f593ff16d689453
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 kaiji

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
57
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Changes the time when the file was created, accessed, or modified
Sets a file as executable
Collects information on the RAM
Sends data to a server
Receives data from a server
Connection attempt
DNS request
Creating a file
Sets a written file as executable
Creates directories in a system directory
Launching a process
Locks files
Mounts file systems
Manages services
Creating a process from a recently created file
Writes files to system directory
Creates or modifies files in /cron to set up autorun
Substitutes an application name
Replaces system binary files
Writes files to system subdirectory
Creates or modifies files in /init.d to set up autorun
Creates or modifies files to set up autorun
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
expand golang lolbin obfuscated threat
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
391
Number of processes launched:
65
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
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:
2025-10-13T03:56:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-10-13T05:57:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=402bd165-2100-0000-b5a8-d6867d0a0000 pid=2685 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=cb318567-2100-0000-b5a8-d686830a0000 pid=2691 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=402bd165-2100-0000-b5a8-d6867d0a0000 pid=2685->guuid=cb318567-2100-0000-b5a8-d686830a0000 pid=2691 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
76 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations
Yara detected Chaos
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1793773 Sample: linux_arm5.elf Startdate: 13/10/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 76 118 154.201.82.47, 42060, 42064, 42068 PEGTECHINCUS Seychelles 2->118 120 www.google.com 2->120 122 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->122 124 Yara detected Chaos 2->124 12 linux_arm5.elf 2->12         started        16 systemd System.img.config 2->16         started        18 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->18         started        20 4 other processes 2->20 signatures3 process4 file5 114 /etc/id.services.conf, ELF 12->114 dropped 116 /etc/32678, POSIX 12->116 dropped 136 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 12->136 138 Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations 12->138 22 linux_arm5.elf linux_arm5.elf 12->22         started        26 linux_arm5.elf service systemctl 12->26         started        28 linux_arm5.elf bash 12->28         started        30 System.img.config sh 16->30         started        32 System.img.config service systemctl 16->32         started        34 System.img.config pkill 16->34         started        36 System.img.config System.img.config 16->36         started        signatures6 process7 file8 104 /usr/lib/system-monitor, ELF 22->104 dropped 106 /usr/lib/libdlrpcld.so, ELF 22->106 dropped 108 /usr/bin/ss, ELF 22->108 dropped 110 12 other files (11 malicious) 22->110 dropped 126 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 22->126 128 Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations 22->128 130 Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile 22->130 132 Drops files in suspicious directories 22->132 38 linux_arm5.elf bash 22->38         started        42 linux_arm5.elf service systemctl 22->42         started        44 linux_arm5.elf bash 22->44         started        52 5 other processes 22->52 46 service 26->46         started        54 3 other processes 26->54 48 bash 32678 28->48         started        50 sh 32678 30->50         started        56 4 other processes 32->56 signatures9 process10 file11 112 /etc/crontab, ASCII 38->112 dropped 134 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 38->134 58 service 42->58         started        66 3 other processes 42->66 68 4 other processes 44->68 70 2 other processes 46->70 60 32678 sleep 48->60         started        62 32678 id.services.conf 50->62         started        64 32678 sleep 50->64         started        72 4 other processes 52->72 74 2 other processes 56->74 signatures12 process13 process14 76 service systemctl 58->76         started        78 service sed 58->78         started        80 id.services.conf service 62->80         started        82 id.services.conf sh 62->82         started        84 id.services.conf pkill 62->84         started        86 id.services.conf id.services.conf 62->86         started        process15 88 service 80->88         started        90 service basename 80->90         started        92 service basename 80->92         started        94 service systemctl 80->94         started        96 sh 32678 82->96         started        process16 98 service systemctl 88->98         started        100 service sed 88->100         started        102 32678 sleep 96->102         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Multiverze
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-10-13 05:51:06 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:kaiji defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation ransomware
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Modifies Bash startup script
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies systemd
Write file to user bin folder
Executes dropped EXE
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Renames multiple (1004) files with added filename extension
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
154.201.82.47:809
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan chaos kaiji Unix.Trojan.Kaiji-9975495-0
YARA:
ELF_Kaiji_Chaos_April_2024
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YARA Signatures


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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:DetectGoMethodSignatures
Author:Wyatt Tauber
Description:Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries
Rule name:Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:enterpriseunix2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise UNIX
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:GoBinTest
Rule name:golang
Rule name:golang_binary_string
Description:Golang strings present
Rule name:identity_golang
Author:Eric Yocam
Description:find Golang malware
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_a40aaa96
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Web download

Kaiji

elf c8db880706a59cb6d38ad0701d962894a31a1cdc02860d242d39ad0b14f39607

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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