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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ca7200c628ac101dfd0879c7783c45f074dad71d942abe7b78b96bb3b0b32d3b
SHA3-384 hash: 5bce0c2dd9cb299be166544d35c07acf73756a11a70de02c809e5e3c30743e610c6202daf89f89cab07179506fed7d82
SHA1 hash: b07d74e8e59c80e05b0c4baf776ed7d4f738c018
MD5 hash: acb72baf0e25a461ffd0b465520840b1
humanhash: winter-robert-carbon-aspen
File name:I5
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:28'308 bytes
First seen:2026-05-01 19:41:55 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 768:wArN0XOanUUTv4LydHUJYQCcM1Yxua+0nbcuyD7Uryq6:TaUUTvUydUCIx/nouy8mq6
TLSH T1DED2D0528583C88EC1AE5A367DDBBC161900630ED645DBF7DFDCB5336EA3F081A96281
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 :
88
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Kills processes
Runs as daemon
Substitutes an application name
Kills critical processes
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-05-01T16:58:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-05-02T00:48:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=540c65b4-1a00-0000-6336-a12384090000 pid=2436 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=527c1ab6-1a00-0000-6336-a1238c090000 pid=2444 /tmp/sample.bin net guuid=540c65b4-1a00-0000-6336-a12384090000 pid=2436->guuid=527c1ab6-1a00-0000-6336-a1238c090000 pid=2444 execve 8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 8.8.8.8:53 guuid=527c1ab6-1a00-0000-6336-a1238c090000 pid=2444->8b0a01dc-0728-52c1-8024-c4ba7801b8d6 con guuid=9db090b7-1a00-0000-6336-a1238e090000 pid=2446 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=527c1ab6-1a00-0000-6336-a1238c090000 pid=2444->guuid=9db090b7-1a00-0000-6336-a1238e090000 pid=2446 clone guuid=eed093b7-1a00-0000-6336-a1238f090000 pid=2447 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=527c1ab6-1a00-0000-6336-a1238c090000 pid=2444->guuid=eed093b7-1a00-0000-6336-a1238f090000 pid=2447 clone guuid=156d99b7-1a00-0000-6336-a12390090000 pid=2448 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data zombie guuid=eed093b7-1a00-0000-6336-a1238f090000 pid=2447->guuid=156d99b7-1a00-0000-6336-a12390090000 pid=2448 clone 8c6073d7-6b15-576b-a643-8a529dfdd401 176.65.139.26:5599 guuid=156d99b7-1a00-0000-6336-a12390090000 pid=2448->8c6073d7-6b15-576b-a643-8a529dfdd401 send: 101140B guuid=d347a0b7-1a00-0000-6336-a12391090000 pid=2449 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=156d99b7-1a00-0000-6336-a12390090000 pid=2448->guuid=d347a0b7-1a00-0000-6336-a12391090000 pid=2449 clone
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
88 / 100
Signature
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 a massive number of system processes
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1907496 Sample: I5.elf Startdate: 01/05/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 88 56 176.65.139.26, 5599, 59588, 59590 PALTEL-ASPALTELAutonomousSystemPS Germany 2->56 58 185.125.190.26, 443 CANONICAL-ASGB United Kingdom 2->58 60 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->60 62 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->62 64 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->64 66 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->66 10 I5.elf 2->10         started        13 systemd gvfsd 2->13         started        15 systemd accounts-daemon 2->15         started        17 35 other processes 2->17 signatures3 process4 signatures5 68 Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers 10->68 19 I5.elf 10->19         started        21 I5.elf 10->21         started        23 gvfsd 13->23         started        25 gvfsd gvfsd-trash 13->25         started        70 Reads system files that contain records of logged in users 15->70 27 accounts-daemon language-validate 15->27         started        72 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 17->72 29 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 17->29         started        31 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 17->31         started        33 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 17->33         started        35 3 other processes 17->35 process6 process7 37 I5.elf 19->37         started        39 gvfsd gvfsd-fuse 23->39         started        41 language-validate language-options 27->41         started        43 wrapper-2.0 xfpm-power-backlight-helper 29->43         started        process8 45 I5.elf 37->45         started        48 gvfsd-fuse fusermount 39->48         started        50 language-options sh 41->50         started        signatures9 74 Sample tries to kill a massive number of system processes 45->74 76 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 45->76 78 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 48->78 52 sh locale 50->52         started        54 sh grep 50->54         started        process10
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-05-01 19:44:30 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
11 of 24 (45.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
credential_access defense_evasion discovery linux
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Reads process memory
Enumerates running processes
Reads system routing table
Modifies Watchdog functionality
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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:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
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_antiunpack_elf32
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:UPX Anti-Unpacking technique to magic renamed for ELF32

File information


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Web download

Gafgyt

elf ca7200c628ac101dfd0879c7783c45f074dad71d942abe7b78b96bb3b0b32d3b

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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