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Database Entry



Gafgyt


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: fd7aca12fe02f4b258e332428f8dedcae73f8a10ead511ffc73c44785f02ea67
SHA3-384 hash: d59f49d5fed88c7d1bb9e6a31313e1c38b297bd665d4583457df23a000924f1a5e4f1d985fac253b3dec9549e2c20e89
SHA1 hash: 42a9e382e77fd8018463eb6eb0f4fb58eed0e7af
MD5 hash: e9749d9e5a122ee9fbc77544d7da2475
humanhash: uncle-video-moon-blossom
File name:mpsl
Download: download sample
Signature Gafgyt
File size:85'744 bytes
First seen:2025-10-28 16:57:44 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 1536:2pVdA2DN/oi0DRSyHJxj5j9NhUcIYtB4K46W37CYhmFXifQQP9k3PbpCXteP4m:2Tq2DSi4vb5XyctyOUmiFk3PbUmR
TLSH T10583025695B1CE248F4316795B382A7EE00FF3868C960E54D1D66DAA71B3ECFA24FD00
Magika elf
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:elf gafgyt

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
78
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Mounts file systems
Runs as daemon
Kills processes
Opens a port
Deleting a recently created file
Sends data to a server
Removes directories
Substitutes an application name
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed threat upx
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=57d84700-1800-0000-8fb2-c1641d0c0000 pid=3101 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=04598b02-1800-0000-8fb2-c164210c0000 pid=3105 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=57d84700-1800-0000-8fb2-c1641d0c0000 pid=3101->guuid=04598b02-1800-0000-8fb2-c164210c0000 pid=3105 execve
Result
Threat name:
Gafgyt, Mirai
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
76 / 100
Signature
Sample deletes itself
Sample is packed with UPX
Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem)
Yara detected Gafgyt
Yara detected Mirai
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1803382 Sample: mpsl.elf Startdate: 28/10/2025 Architecture: LINUX Score: 76 34 Yara detected Gafgyt 2->34 36 Yara detected Mirai 2->36 38 Sample is packed with UPX 2->38 8 mpsl.elf 2->8         started        11 dash rm 2->11         started        13 dash rm 2->13         started        15 python3.8 dpkg 2->15         started        process3 signatures4 40 Sample deletes itself 8->40 42 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 8->42 17 mpsl.elf 8->17         started        20 mpsl.elf 8->20         started        22 mpsl.elf 8->22         started        24 mpsl.elf 8->24         started        process5 signatures6 32 Sample reads /proc/mounts (often used for finding a writable filesystem) 17->32 26 mpsl.elf 20->26         started        28 mpsl.elf 20->28         started        process7 process8 30 mpsl.elf 26->30         started       
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-10-28 17:01:12 UTC
File Type:
ELF32 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
5 of 24 (20.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery upx
Behaviour
Reads runtime system information
Deletes itself
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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:upx_packed_elf_v1
Author:RandomMalware

File information


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Web download

Gafgyt

elf fd7aca12fe02f4b258e332428f8dedcae73f8a10ead511ffc73c44785f02ea67

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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