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Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: cef8a7a53921cf4078b74d06cc8f72e67f70d90734843b5a97cd78e027c22be0
SHA3-384 hash: 824442b61f7d0c26c134f6154815f0e15f47d7111ebb0ae33a8387bb0c79874f66d76e07b482ae667ce5f80352adb6ab
SHA1 hash: 00b8df93170152b6b4ca96ff7178c9735a242fc5
MD5 hash: 122a99ffdbedaae624096b760a725f49
humanhash: oklahoma-georgia-ack-vermont
File name:goon.mpsl
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Signature Gafgyt
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File size:162'860 bytes
First seen:2026-01-21 12:12:04 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:ZYNCDN8O2ztOWGkwE80LApshR/N4yipUlpsh4tLr2NztjatZeA8QiysY2A3XETgn:ZoCDN8l/NwE80LmaR//t/2N0t1Lziy
TLSH T1DAF3C749AB110FFBDCEFCE3706E80B55249C6A1721A83B3A7574D918F54A18E0ED39B4
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 :
64
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Sanesecurity.Malware.30423.LX.BOT.UNOFFICIAL
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Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
bash lolbin masquerade
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6970c2bdddd99d620f25d6ce/reports/55f00a61-f589-4843-8b84-3d9cd8096b1e/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
7
Number of processes launched:
1
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Full report:
https://elfdigest.com/brief/cef8a7a53921cf4078b74d06cc8f72e67f70d90734843b5a97cd78e027c22be0
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/d3190e5e-b107-4f0c-8e0b-f9176adcb582
Behavior Graph:
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%3 guuid=54ef5c3a-1a00-0000-1e63-fe40300a0000 pid=2608 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=4cfbd13c-1a00-0000-1e63-fe40380a0000 pid=2616 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=54ef5c3a-1a00-0000-1e63-fe40300a0000 pid=2608->guuid=4cfbd13c-1a00-0000-1e63-fe40380a0000 pid=2616 execve
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/579de24c-8380-42eb-83f5-464941f7bdbd
Result
Threat name:
Aquabot, Mirai
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
76 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1854819
Signature
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
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 Aquabot
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1854819 Sample: goon.mpsl.elf Startdate: 21/01/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 76 90 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->90 98 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->98 100 Yara detected Aquabot 2->100 102 Yara detected Mirai 2->102 10 gdm3 gdm-session-worker 2->10         started        12 gdm3 gdm-session-worker 2->12         started        14 gdm3 gdm-session-worker 2->14         started        16 39 other processes 2->16 signatures3 process4 signatures5 19 gdm-session-worker gdm-x-session 10->19         started        21 gdm-session-worker gdm-x-session 12->21         started        23 gdm-session-worker gdm-x-session 14->23         started        92 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 16->92 94 Reads system files that contain records of logged in users 16->94 25 gdm-session-worker gdm-x-session 16->25         started        27 gdm-session-worker gdm-wayland-session 16->27         started        29 goon.mpsl.elf 16->29         started        32 3 other processes 16->32 process6 signatures7 34 gdm-x-session dbus-run-session 19->34         started        40 2 other processes 19->40 36 gdm-x-session dbus-run-session 21->36         started        42 2 other processes 21->42 44 3 other processes 23->44 46 3 other processes 25->46 38 gdm-wayland-session dbus-run-session 27->38         started        106 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 29->106 48 2 other processes 29->48 51 2 other processes 32->51 process8 signatures9 62 2 other processes 34->62 64 2 other processes 36->64 53 dbus-run-session dbus-daemon 38->53         started        56 dbus-run-session gnome-session gnome-session-binary 38->56         started        66 2 other processes 40->66 58 Xorg sh 42->58         started        68 3 other processes 44->68 70 3 other processes 46->70 96 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 48->96 60 language-options sh 51->60         started        process10 signatures11 104 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 53->104 72 sh xkbcomp 58->72         started        74 sh locale 60->74         started        76 sh grep 60->76         started        78 gnome-session-binary gnome-session-check-accelerated 62->78         started        80 gnome-session-binary gnome-session-check-accelerated 64->80         started        82 sh xkbcomp 66->82         started        88 2 other processes 68->88 84 sh xkbcomp 70->84         started        86 gnome-session-binary 70->86         started        process12
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/cef8a7a53921cf4078b74d06cc8f72e67f70d90734843b5a97cd78e027c22be0
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/cef8a7a53921cf4078b74d06cc8f72e67f70d90734843b5a97cd78e027c22be0/
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-01-21 11:59:51 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
5 of 36 (13.89%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=z34kpjjzehhua6fxjudmzd3s4z7xbwihgscdwwuxzv4oaj6cfpqa._file
Result
Malware family:
mirai
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:mirai discovery
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260121-pddjfacw4g/
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Traces itself
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Legit
Score:
0.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/cef8a7a53921cf4078b74d06cc8f72e67f70d90734843b5a97cd78e027c22be0

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
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Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
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Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:unixredflags3
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information

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Gafgyt

elf cef8a7a53921cf4078b74d06cc8f72e67f70d90734843b5a97cd78e027c22be0

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3761242/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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