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Database Entry



VShell


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 0242e4675a8c55d179341a617c074e6d8c5752ac4158f73cdbec8a400a9e306a
SHA3-384 hash: 89a09b6027ff9bc75fdca3fa27f8ab4cd9eea94ba40f2c35afa59abe68a1e8ce0083f7c2cfde6ac58c9c599918efa62a
SHA1 hash: 86cbed99c3280e288c5b8d5fb4b2af312d48ce78
MD5 hash: fdd144d91afd66526f7ec1de3444241e
humanhash: monkey-jupiter-winter-diet
File name:0242e4675a8c55d179341a617c074e6d8c5752ac4158f73cdbec8a400a9e306a.exe
Download: download sample
Signature VShell
File size:4'608 bytes
First seen:2026-09-18 14:44:42 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash e82dd51b077167be63c004bed23d0c1e (163 x VShell, 40 x NetWalker, 2 x Snowlight)
ssdeep 48:6IIF9BlQaexIj8gZS7An0cF5uduvxRxUjbON9XM/ge93ahr0/:y9BOaMIjF70cF50uDxUOvXeg
TLSH T19191C64170B989E7E85D52BF4C0FB8A0B91D740A41C483A64378A5993F3A57BF57CB0D
TrID 33.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
25.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
10.4% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
10.3% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
10.1% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika pebin
Reporter whack_sh
Tags:exe vshell

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
123
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-09-18 15:22:22 UTC
Tags:
snowlight dropper payload golang websocket vshell rat

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
downloader microsoft_visual_cc packed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-09-16T03:18:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-16T21:33:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
SNOWLIGHT, VShell
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Found malware configuration
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Potentially malicious time measurement code found
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Unusual module load detection (module proxying)
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected SNOWLIGHT
Yara detected VShell
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 64 Exe x64
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.Mikey
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-16 05:23:11 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 24 (79.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:vshell backdoor rat
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Detects VSHELL Backdoor
Family: VShell
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
ws://156.238.224.156
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
0242e4675a8c55d179341a617c074e6d8c5752ac4158f73cdbec8a400a9e306a
MD5 hash:
fdd144d91afd66526f7ec1de3444241e
SHA1 hash:
86cbed99c3280e288c5b8d5fb4b2af312d48ce78
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

VShell

Executable exe 0242e4675a8c55d179341a617c074e6d8c5752ac4158f73cdbec8a400a9e306a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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