MalwareBazaar Database

You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 e88b8653feb8bf2bc16f24afae9ddc5c58ad089844b18eda0002f1ed4cbb02da. While MalwareBazaar tries to identify whether the sample provided is malicious or not, there is no guarantee that a sample in MalwareBazaar is malicious.

Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: e88b8653feb8bf2bc16f24afae9ddc5c58ad089844b18eda0002f1ed4cbb02da
SHA3-384 hash: dd85042e1e25307db54825ecaf3725fa98c2fa05f8e80900af63995c6d52af30191fec72134865ea2a8ab01a2192e6f3
SHA1 hash: f4b63d9f092605432816849bd2f9f4255a16015f
MD5 hash: 0c5470e960b50e50fdea6d0e03643a9c
humanhash: indigo-music-shade-delaware
File name:mips
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:124'854 bytes
First seen:2025-06-11 04:17:46 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 3072:DrxnNjXPXni5m88WI4WmzqWNf+vObVOVne4AhRJcPyeIP5doQh8/99TgrTk:DrxnNjXPni5m88WIpmzqWNfgObVOVne6
TLSH T13EC3317A7E61BBAEE278CB310BF72FB4C396119226D09341D27CD6084EB524C5C9E764
telfhash t16a2106118cb70b093ef2565c7caf65d5515164153a306db1cf58c44c852f077e1727e9
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
65
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Receives data from a server
Sends data to a server
Runs as daemon
Connection attempt
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
mips
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
38
Number of processes launched:
4
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj
Score:
64 / 100
Signature
Contains symbols with names commonly found in malware
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers
Yara detected Gafgyt
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1711850 Sample: mips.elf Startdate: 11/06/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 64 18 207.167.64.24, 34046, 5058 UNASSIGNED Reserved 2->18 20 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->20 22 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->22 24 Yara detected Gafgyt 2->24 26 Contains symbols with names commonly found in malware 2->26 9 mips.elf 2->9         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 28 Opens /proc/net/* files useful for finding connected devices and routers 9->28 12 mips.elf 9->12         started        process6 process7 14 mips.elf 12->14         started        process8 16 mips.elf 14->16         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-06-11 04:18:33 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Big (Exe)
AV detection:
21 of 38 (55.26%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
credential_access discovery
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
System Network Configuration Discovery
Changes its process name
Reads system network configuration
Reads process memory
Enumerates running processes
Reads system routing table
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Unix.Trojan.Gafgyt-9879277-0
YARA:
n/a
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:Mal_LNX_Gafgyt_Botnet_ELF
Author:Phatcharadol Thangplub
Description:Use to detect Gafgyt botnet, and there variants.
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 e88b8653feb8bf2bc16f24afae9ddc5c58ad089844b18eda0002f1ed4cbb02da

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh

Comments