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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: e72bf443679c7600a770dcc08f9de1ac5a1325c9fe3c938485ad8634d9d21606
SHA3-384 hash: 77515458c57d23bb56885856ef7ebfdd2af0eaba7372b498b560e3dfe0bc52c9ad58efce08099e11b00ddc05b76d4e84
SHA1 hash: f5d7df12fe44979191c2b54e35ee8b32e0c95f1c
MD5 hash: 67b2ab6521cb20e5ca4ecc47170179b3
humanhash: winner-mountain-kentucky-maine
File name:e72bf443679c7600a770dcc08f9de1ac5a1325c9fe3c938485ad8634d9d21606
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:60'788 bytes
First seen:2026-09-15 06:01:13 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:XznwRRM10ac1B010ZtaS4SV/zQUjsPwttl6vS1RLkg4azH8:TrREB5taUVLQlwtt06bLGazH8
TLSH T1525302D051E5A466C62393F262048F06238ACA817B05DCEC34CF07276D5EB5F6FD5AE6
telfhash t1bdb00111dc148d99056045acee0b12dfa584de706e52b313a0b82c19f170d1258249d3
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 GAYINT_DOT_ORG
Tags:cowrie elf gafgyt honeypot UPX x86
File size (compressed) :60'788 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :123'472 bytes
Format:linux/i386
Unpacked file: 3fd84ef6fa4578b0f725d7cac0b46734f0d5d9e003f7b1ef9185e34bb10b6b98

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
45
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
UPX
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
2
Number of processes launched:
3
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.32.le
First seen:
2026-07-25T20:06:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-08-02T18:57:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=cb28c16e-2000-0000-426a-9ebe38090000 pid=2360 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=d8ad7a73-2000-0000-426a-9ebe3a090000 pid=2362 /tmp/sample.bin write-file guuid=cb28c16e-2000-0000-426a-9ebe38090000 pid=2360->guuid=d8ad7a73-2000-0000-426a-9ebe3a090000 pid=2362 execve guuid=7f393776-2000-0000-426a-9ebe3f090000 pid=2367 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=d8ad7a73-2000-0000-426a-9ebe3a090000 pid=2362->guuid=7f393776-2000-0000-426a-9ebe3f090000 pid=2367 clone guuid=72e94576-2000-0000-426a-9ebe40090000 pid=2368 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data zombie guuid=7f393776-2000-0000-426a-9ebe3f090000 pid=2367->guuid=72e94576-2000-0000-426a-9ebe40090000 pid=2368 clone ffc62c55-97c0-5d50-8b9b-fa9539a37eb4 0.0.0.0:54128 guuid=72e94576-2000-0000-426a-9ebe40090000 pid=2368->ffc62c55-97c0-5d50-8b9b-fa9539a37eb4 con 4f6baed0-9587-596c-82b3-fd721afe4cc1 10.0.2.3:53 guuid=72e94576-2000-0000-426a-9ebe40090000 pid=2368->4f6baed0-9587-596c-82b3-fd721afe4cc1 send: 155B guuid=72e94576-2000-0000-426a-9ebe40090000 pid=2371 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=72e94576-2000-0000-426a-9ebe40090000 pid=2368->guuid=72e94576-2000-0000-426a-9ebe40090000 pid=2371 clone guuid=72e94576-2000-0000-426a-9ebe40090000 pid=2372 /tmp/sample.bin zombie guuid=72e94576-2000-0000-426a-9ebe40090000 pid=2368->guuid=72e94576-2000-0000-426a-9ebe40090000 pid=2372 clone
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-26 01:35:31 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
18 of 36 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
antivm discovery linux upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Writes file to tmp directory
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)
Enumerates active TCP sockets
Enumerates running processes
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
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:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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Web download

Gafgyt

elf e72bf443679c7600a770dcc08f9de1ac5a1325c9fe3c938485ad8634d9d21606

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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