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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: de97aa160547846d707a0ef2a40bf1b59a17f85acbef685b20b6b7ec2c29de8f
SHA3-384 hash: 946085d8ed996e70459622ef95144607241858c88f1681d70f4ee3ede3d53f2b907994fc917227858e59e57ca2d8b05a
SHA1 hash: 027c2336a4ebf710d8591783f2f06777f79e1dd5
MD5 hash: 781956daacd6cdaeeca211c939bf77a0
humanhash: hot-butter-east-network
File name:xnxnxnxnxnxnxnxnarm7lxnxn
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:57'120 bytes
First seen:2025-09-28 07:32:57 UTC
Last seen:2025-09-28 14:59:13 UTC
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-sharedlib
ssdeep 1536:hG0ONMDjFdxjOyJtKI3wEV33v+0YParDU8NU5qOvFpueHL:E0OaFjttcomHa/U6UQOewL
TLSH T1CC4301A02492FBA2E118BF36701A10B6C0B93663D5D2F15D3355F5AEAA233628352DD3
telfhash t16eb09240188a01203acd0f18004bf404b180ca0a8f0e3c327f0400d0c4460c470eeca7
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 :
4
# of downloads :
99
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a file
Connection attempt
Kills processes
Locks files
Runs as daemon
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed threat upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
0
Number of processes launched:
0
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2025-09-28T04:41:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-09-28T04:41:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Exploit.Linux.CVE-2014-8361.a HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.bl HEUR:Backdoor.Linux.Gafgyt.bj
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=2123baf8-1800-0000-bdf7-aa387f0c0000 pid=3199 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=1d06b6fa-1800-0000-bdf7-aa38800c0000 pid=3200 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=2123baf8-1800-0000-bdf7-aa387f0c0000 pid=3199->guuid=1d06b6fa-1800-0000-bdf7-aa38800c0000 pid=3200 execve
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.evad
Score:
64 / 100
Signature
Deletes system log files
Manipulation of devices in /dev
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is packed with UPX
Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1785388 Sample: xnxnxnxnxnxnxnxnarm7lxnxn.elf Startdate: 28/09/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 64 24 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->24 26 Sample is packed with UPX 2->26 7 xnxnxnxnxnxnxnxnarm7lxnxn.elf 2->7         started        9 gnome-session-binary sh gsd-print-notifications 2->9         started        11 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 2->11         started        13 xfce4-panel wrapper-2.0 2->13         started        process3 process4 15 xnxnxnxnxnxnxnxnarm7lxnxn.elf 7->15         started        17 gsd-print-notifications 9->17         started        process5 19 xnxnxnxnxnxnxnxnarm7lxnxn.elf 15->19         started        22 gsd-print-notifications gsd-printer 17->22         started        signatures6 28 Sample tries to kill multiple processes (SIGKILL) 19->28 30 Manipulation of devices in /dev 19->30 32 Deletes system log files 19->32
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Multiverze
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-09-28 07:36:30 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (SO)
AV detection:
13 of 24 (54.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
Deletes Audit logs
Deletes journal logs
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CP_AllMal_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication
Rule name:elf_arm_mips_ko_so
Rule name:SUSP_ELF_LNX_UPX_Compressed_File
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a suspicious ELF binary with UPX compression
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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

Web download

Gafgyt

elf de97aa160547846d707a0ef2a40bf1b59a17f85acbef685b20b6b7ec2c29de8f

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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