Analysis by: Henry Alarcon Jr.
ALIASES:

Linux/Gafgyt.a (McAfee), ELF/Gafgyt.BJ!tr (Fortinet)

 PLATFORM:

Linux

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Backdoor

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Infection Channel: Dropped by other malware, Downloaded from the Internet

This is an updated Bashlite malware designed to add infected internet-of-things devices to a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet.

This Backdoor arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It executes commands from a remote malicious user, effectively compromising the affected system.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 82,145 bytes
File Type: ELF
Memory Resident: No
Initial Samples Received Date: 06 Aug 2019
Payload: Connects to URLs/IPs, Downloads files

Arrival Details

This Backdoor arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Backdoor Routine

This Backdoor executes the following commands from a remote malicious user:

  • UDP - UDP flood
  • STD - STD flood
  • TCP - TCP flood
  • CLOUDFLARE - HTTP Flood w/ CloudFlare protection bypass
  • HTTP - HTTP Flood
  • STOMP - STD + UDP Flood
  • RAID - STD + TCP Flood
  • UPDATE - downloaded updated binary from C&C
  • CNC - set CNC
  • STOP - Stop bot operation

It connects to the following URL(s) to send and receive commands from a remote malicious user:

  • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.7.231:46216

Information Theft

This Backdoor gathers the following data:

  • Linux distro - OpenSuse/REHL or Centos/Gentoo/Ubuntu or Debian/Unknown
  • files -Presence of the following files:
    • /usr/sbin/telnetd
    • /usr/bin/python
    • /usr/bin/python3
  • device - returns the string “SSH” if there is a file “/usr/sbin/telnetd”, otherwise, it will return “Unknown Device”
  • Port - returns the string “22” if the four files mentioned above is found, otherwise, it will return “Unknown Port”

Other Details

This Backdoor does the following:

  • It is capable of updating itself and download binaries by accessing the following URL:
    • {BLOCKED}.{BLOCKED}.7.231/bins.sh

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.850
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 14.918.08
FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 04 Apr 2019
VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 14.919.00
VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 05 Apr 2019

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