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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 13 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f7a0ccfabba299709e2fdb691b56de355a9f244c6cdf74a86617ba3d6710758b
SHA3-384 hash: a1170663f54aa0c2e349b40dc7a6213756d7b162283fa35cf2a4503236cacc31aff5f2076da936a89e4a6eafc84efffa
SHA1 hash: 0bce14b347e9e6a355bfe021e7e8b9b9f84ac045
MD5 hash: f5745924dafa42c955db685a77272f6d
humanhash: monkey-orange-seven-magazine
File name:586
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:96'268 bytes
First seen:2025-06-16 16:28:47 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:mzqmXTbw7U+OU0Cf5UI8E8WwP6kHzgk81VwcG2emhGMUNLe5um7WAgcVjmZIcBI:mz52UVUtBUI8GwPfHkk8rneLesmqAgcr
TLSH T140933A56A780D5B3D14305B316979B620033FE7B1A5EAE0AE35E7CF18F3A0987221B5D
telfhash t1ad210246a1f68a685ff368205dbc46b5199217273351af70af1984c01c7b002a939ecb
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 :
1
# of downloads :
83
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Gains root access
Receives data from a server
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc lolbin remote
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
0
Number of processes launched:
5
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
type:Gafgyt 205.185.124.206:23
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=ae4b1eeb-1900-0000-91c7-cf4ec20a0000 pid=2754 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=ce6dcfec-1900-0000-91c7-cf4ec40a0000 pid=2756 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=ae4b1eeb-1900-0000-91c7-cf4ec20a0000 pid=2754->guuid=ce6dcfec-1900-0000-91c7-cf4ec40a0000 pid=2756 execve guuid=b157edec-1900-0000-91c7-cf4ec50a0000 pid=2757 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=ce6dcfec-1900-0000-91c7-cf4ec40a0000 pid=2756->guuid=b157edec-1900-0000-91c7-cf4ec50a0000 pid=2757 clone guuid=af34f4ec-1900-0000-91c7-cf4ec60a0000 pid=2758 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=b157edec-1900-0000-91c7-cf4ec50a0000 pid=2757->guuid=af34f4ec-1900-0000-91c7-cf4ec60a0000 pid=2758 clone guuid=8e1703ed-1900-0000-91c7-cf4ec70a0000 pid=2759 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data zombie guuid=af34f4ec-1900-0000-91c7-cf4ec60a0000 pid=2758->guuid=8e1703ed-1900-0000-91c7-cf4ec70a0000 pid=2759 clone a143f68c-1219-5b8d-b671-25200e152526 205.185.124.206:23 guuid=8e1703ed-1900-0000-91c7-cf4ec70a0000 pid=2759->a143f68c-1219-5b8d-b671-25200e152526 send: 90B guuid=6f50c3ee-1900-0000-91c7-cf4ec90a0000 pid=2761 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=8e1703ed-1900-0000-91c7-cf4ec70a0000 pid=2759->guuid=6f50c3ee-1900-0000-91c7-cf4ec90a0000 pid=2761 clone
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Found malware configuration
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1715718 Sample: 586.elf Startdate: 16/06/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 96 20 205.185.124.206, 23, 47246 PONYNETUS United States 2->20 22 185.125.190.26, 443 CANONICAL-ASGB United Kingdom 2->22 24 daisy.ubuntu.com 2->24 26 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->26 28 Found malware configuration 2->28 30 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->30 32 3 other signatures 2->32 10 586.elf 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 process5 12 586.elf 10->12         started        process6 14 586.elf 12->14         started        process7 16 586.elf 14->16         started        process8 18 586.elf 16->18         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Gafgyt
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-06-16 16:31:10 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
24 of 36 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gafgyt defense_evasion linux
Behaviour
Changes its process name
Modifies Watchdog functionality
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
205.185.124.206:23
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan mirai gafgyt Unix.Trojan.Gafgyt-6981154-0
YARA:
Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_c573932b Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_5bf62ce4 Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6122acdf Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_7167d08f Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9 elf_bashlite_auto
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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:botnet_plaintext_c2
Author:cip
Description:Attempts to match at least some of the strings used in some botnet variants which use plaintext communication protocols.
Rule name:Linux_Gafgyt_Generic
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Generic Approach to Mirai/Gafgyt samples
Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_5bf62ce4
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_6122acdf
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_7167d08f
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Gafgyt_c573932b
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Linux_Trojan_Mirai_389ee3e9
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Mal_LNX_Gafgyt_Botnet_ELF
Author:Phatcharadol Thangplub
Description:Use to detect Gafgyt botnet, and there variants.
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
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


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Web download

Gafgyt

elf f7a0ccfabba299709e2fdb691b56de355a9f244c6cdf74a86617ba3d6710758b

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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