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Kaiji


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 24 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f16d88d796861fafef6b01b464b979704790207068a147da6967a902f61052f8
SHA3-384 hash: 48862a79030818f9907782d260d83d51c84c8894613a0a80db1dfb9e3215301d5f8652492786590de073636206f6a04e
SHA1 hash: 529f0735d77f425a91e13488eb936c25e0a09ce6
MD5 hash: c00d5fb6bc0b39fe737aaccc8b98a589
humanhash: india-uncle-stairway-utah
File name:linux_arm5
Download: download sample
Signature Kaiji
File size:5'308'416 bytes
First seen:2026-02-01 20:23:23 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 49152:QtKY0CdO+kBRx0Tg0qTecEG7meYuh9+lYfQMcU1F1:OKY3U+qRxQ3qKHM
TLSH T150361957B8D28642C0E4367AB8BDC1C433A35EB99B9B62575D04FE3D3ABE1990E35304
telfhash t186c09b674a0c15bd771ed10415065705e5d934f1157566550f28f55b0c10d71368d467
gimphash d32a616709154d99f5f34672a5e693bcff5dc106b2584b8d6f593ff16d689453
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 kaiji

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
43
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
true
Architecture:
arm
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
237
Number of processes launched:
33
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Anti-VM
Persistence
Process Renaming
Information Gathering
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Result
Gathering data
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=69ac96e2-1900-0000-615e-9bfe5a0c0000 pid=3162 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=ff9ebfe4-1900-0000-615e-9bfe5b0c0000 pid=3163 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=69ac96e2-1900-0000-615e-9bfe5a0c0000 pid=3162->guuid=ff9ebfe4-1900-0000-615e-9bfe5b0c0000 pid=3163 execve
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
Score:
80 / 100
Signature
Drops files in suspicious directories
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile
Sample tries to persist itself using cron
Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations
Yara detected Chaos
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1861299 Sample: linux_arm5.elf Startdate: 01/02/2026 Architecture: LINUX Score: 80 118 118.107.41.45, 35280, 35284, 49944 BCPL-SGBGPNETGlobalASNSG Singapore 2->118 120 www.google.com 2->120 122 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->122 124 Yara detected Chaos 2->124 126 Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports 2->126 12 linux_arm5.elf 2->12         started        16 systemd System.img.config 2->16         started        18 sshd sshd 2->18         started        20 10 other processes 2->20 signatures3 process4 file5 114 /etc/id.services.conf, ELF 12->114 dropped 116 /etc/32678, POSIX 12->116 dropped 138 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 12->138 140 Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations 12->140 22 linux_arm5.elf linux_arm5.elf 12->22         started        26 linux_arm5.elf service systemctl 12->26         started        28 linux_arm5.elf bash 12->28         started        30 System.img.config sh 16->30         started        32 System.img.config service systemctl 16->32         started        34 System.img.config pkill 16->34         started        36 System.img.config System.img.config 16->36         started        38 sshd 18->38         started        40 3 other processes 20->40 signatures6 process7 file8 104 /usr/lib/system-monitor, ELF 22->104 dropped 106 /usr/lib/libdlrpcld.so, ELF 22->106 dropped 108 /etc/profile.d/bash_config.sh, a 22->108 dropped 110 4 other files (3 malicious) 22->110 dropped 128 Sample tries to set files in /etc globally writable 22->128 130 Writes identical ELF files to multiple locations 22->130 132 Sample tries to persist itself using /etc/profile 22->132 134 Drops files in suspicious directories 22->134 42 linux_arm5.elf bash 22->42         started        46 linux_arm5.elf bash 22->46         started        56 2 other processes 22->56 48 service 26->48         started        58 3 other processes 26->58 50 bash 32678 28->50         started        52 sh 32678 30->52         started        54 service 32->54         started        60 3 other processes 32->60 signatures9 process10 file11 112 /etc/crontab, ASCII 42->112 dropped 136 Sample tries to persist itself using cron 42->136 74 4 other processes 46->74 62 service systemctl 48->62         started        64 service sed 48->64         started        66 32678 sleep 50->66         started        68 32678 id.services.conf 52->68         started        70 32678 sleep 52->70         started        76 2 other processes 54->76 72 update-rc.d systemctl 56->72         started        78 3 other processes 56->78 signatures12 process13 process14 80 id.services.conf service systemctl 68->80         started        82 id.services.conf sh 68->82         started        84 id.services.conf pkill 68->84         started        86 id.services.conf id.services.conf 68->86         started        process15 88 service 80->88         started        90 service basename 80->90         started        92 service basename 80->92         started        94 service systemctl 80->94         started        96 sh 32678 82->96         started        process16 98 service systemctl 88->98         started        100 service sed 88->100         started        102 32678 sleep 96->102         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Multiverze
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-01 20:25:45 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
20 of 36 (55.56%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:kaiji defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation ransomware
Behaviour
GoLang User-Agent
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Changes its process name
Modifies Bash startup script
Creates/modifies Cron job
Creates/modifies environment variables
Enumerates running processes
Modifies init.d
Modifies systemd
Write file to user bin folder
Executes dropped EXE
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Renames multiple (1004) files with added filename extension
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
118.107.41.45:808
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:DetectGoMethodSignatures
Author:Wyatt Tauber
Description:Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries
Rule name:Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS
Author:Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:enterpriseunix2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise UNIX
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:GoBinTest
Rule name:golang
Rule name:golang_binary_string
Description:Golang strings present
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:identity_golang
Author:Eric Yocam
Description:find Golang malware
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_a40aaa96
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:Suspicious_Golang_Binary
Author:Tim Machac
Description:Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information


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Kaiji

elf f16d88d796861fafef6b01b464b979704790207068a147da6967a902f61052f8

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