MalwareBazaar Database

You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 c9a944bf6439e5b8fd51684d714585d746620799841bd1edadef8c11cbf64ff4. While MalwareBazaar tries to identify whether the sample provided is malicious or not, there is no guarantee that a sample in MalwareBazaar is malicious.

Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 8 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c9a944bf6439e5b8fd51684d714585d746620799841bd1edadef8c11cbf64ff4
SHA3-384 hash: d236f8d29f1289908e05c73baedb018602f8961ccc186d4e142ad97fd4381453ab788f15f53a47595f3328bf0d407990
SHA1 hash: d14c8900b7fdaa54af61407cca2465c1f69e0027
MD5 hash: 944b958273b8388e82117ab0b533df8e
humanhash: nine-violet-bluebird-happy
File name:dss
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:138'763 bytes
First seen:2025-05-13 20:04:09 UTC
Last seen:2025-06-10 02:13:17 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:NqJH0YxItvZ9HEaF5ycSFpl2koJIfyMImTQNIQXc7H:LxvTkFrpl2k8IfyMImTQNIGc7H
TLSH T11CD30804F554925BC2D22BBAE78A034C33365E6457EB33185938BFF03BE2B986D36165
telfhash t13321fe46a1fa86285eb76820adbc47b5085217137652bf706f09c5c01c7b002a93addb
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 :
3
# of downloads :
134
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc lolbin remote
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
0
Number of processes launched:
9
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
88 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Found malware configuration
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1689376 Sample: dss.elf Startdate: 13/05/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 88 35 5.252.177.70, 23 MIVOCLOUDMD Moldova Republic of 2->35 37 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->37 39 Found malware configuration 2->39 41 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->41 43 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->43 45 2 other signatures 2->45 15 dss.elf 2->15         started        signatures3 process4 process5 17 dss.elf 15->17         started        process6 19 dss.elf 17->19         started        process7 21 dss.elf 19->21         started        process8 23 dss.elf 21->23         started        process9 25 dss.elf 23->25         started        process10 27 dss.elf 25->27         started        process11 29 dss.elf 27->29         started        process12 31 dss.elf 29->31         started        process13 33 dss.elf 31->33         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-05-13 20:05:18 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
25 of 37 (67.57%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
5.252.177.70:23
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: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_Generic_Threat_e9aef030
Author:Elastic Security
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


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Gafgyt

elf c9a944bf6439e5b8fd51684d714585d746620799841bd1edadef8c11cbf64ff4

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

Comments