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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: d4bab3827269ef34d2504fd73edbfdc5dcdaceaac7beb14ae96ef264d060481e
SHA3-384 hash: 620af11b9812efeca0d85d8c7ddf4684fa5ab8c8cf7ad672c9efdaba834f7ea302df1a49f39c0ecc38bc03f06e1f490a
SHA1 hash: e18bea09d32cbfc6a0e1d7c5bca2cf60ec1e2606
MD5 hash: 72ec98d9e1f74a759cfd1eea4d49afd6
humanhash: november-sink-timing-winter
File name:s7n.armv5l
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:289'485 bytes
First seen:2026-02-08 13:58:40 UTC
Last seen:2026-02-09 03:21:20 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 6144:qk63ac7dnUyOxQuxt/JAH4+psyH68IImBtylznGW6pavKFY/NeEQz5DoHJ45YM:oac7dnXOxQ8+H4+GobIImBty5vKFY/NK
TLSH T167540744FE144B6BC6D237FFF78E42CE36365B29A7EB32119A345AB037C5B982529110
telfhash t1e5916648d83d06c9aeb31d39646c6ba31993b19a13ea7e14ff19dec00c4e46cf265d0b
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 mirai

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
52
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
base64 expand gafgyt gcc lolbin mirai rust
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-02-02T22:33:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-02-09T10:12:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
72 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Drops files in suspicious directories
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1865633 Sample: s7n.armv5l.elf Startdate: 08/02/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 72 59 212.118.43.167, 7777 CITYLAN-ASRU Russian Federation 2->59 61 horizons.pytorch.info 2->61 65 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->65 67 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->67 12 s7n.armv5l.elf 2->12         started        14 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->14         started        16 systemd snapd-env-generator 2->16         started        18 3 other processes 2->18 signatures3 process4 process5 20 s7n.armv5l.elf 12->20         started        file6 53 /etc/rc.local, POSIX 20->53 dropped 55 /etc/init.d/s7nd, POSIX 20->55 dropped 57 /etc/cron.d/s7nd, ASCII 20->57 dropped 69 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 20->69 71 Drops files in suspicious directories 20->71 73 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 20->73 75 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 20->75 24 s7n.armv5l.elf sh 20->24         started        26 s7n.armv5l.elf sh 20->26         started        28 s7n.armv5l.elf sh 20->28         started        30 s7n.armv5l.elf 20->30         started        signatures7 process8 process9 32 sh update-rc.d 24->32         started        35 sh systemctl 26->35         started        37 sh systemctl 28->37         started        signatures10 63 Sample tries to persist itself using System V runlevels 32->63 39 update-rc.d systemctl 32->39         started        41 systemctl systemd-sysv-install 35->41         started        process11 process12 43 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 41->43         started        45 systemd-sysv-install update-rc.d 41->45         started        47 systemd-sysv-install getopt 41->47         started        process13 49 update-rc.d systemctl 43->49         started        51 update-rc.d systemctl 45->51         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Backdoor.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-03 04:00:09 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
17 of 36 (47.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
n/a
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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:ELF_IoT_Persistence_Hunt
Author:4r4
Description:Hunts for ELF files with persistence and download capabilities
Rule name:ELF_Mirai
Author:NDA0E
Description:Detects multiple Mirai variants
Rule name:ELF_Toriilike_persist
Author:4r4
Description:Detects Torii IoT Botnet (stealthier Mirai alternative)
Reference:Identified via researched data
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_d94e1020
Author:Elastic Security
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 d4bab3827269ef34d2504fd73edbfdc5dcdaceaac7beb14ae96ef264d060481e

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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