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Database Entry


Snowlight


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 044a16dea21e0f4236305fd31bbdc1cdbfcea40dd60d2f4375cae88e5df7372b
SHA3-384 hash: 9bc9eee6ed28b51458b70e001b6bc00ff97ccead248fcce511cb89fae1eb91635414be5f66a489861e6c71154682384d
SHA1 hash: d548a016774fa01ceef7e393e6c6179900075c51
MD5 hash: 274661b0c1156db6f26601bd40c16c83
humanhash: lemon-cardinal-kansas-kansas
File name:044a16dea21e0f4236305fd31bbdc1cdbfcea40dd60d2f4375cae88e5df7372b.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Snowlight
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File size:9'800 bytes
First seen:2026-11-09 05:52:09 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 96:GqTVJWWGXzS6vH5ML09V1J9G8Ymt+hrsrwegVekrf7mxaamBFBp8sBRnsH5vZAC:GqnWWH8ZMWT1YmAhrsnurfjTr8sbnsl
TLSH T1C8123047A2D0CE3FC8D953384467122472B794BEDF629713064815B63F427E81E6EB8B
telfhash t112b09b025470515d9bf561781c2588971245c1a3c5415f505d51f7549a3f48d905cb55
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 Tuxxin
Tags:elf SNOWLIGHT

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
63
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Unix.Downloader.Generic-10032902-0
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Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
downloader gcc golang
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6af1607ce178c32be33ca770/reports/3aa3d50b-3696-4a98-9cee-aae8e5dfc3ee/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/044a16dea21e0f4236305fd31bbdc1cdbfcea40dd60d2f4375cae88e5df7372b/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/81bdb75c-bf6a-4bb6-88a8-971d6b230089
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
%3 guuid=325f7ec5-2200-0000-3daa-1ce6be0e0000 pid=3774 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=51e88ec7-2200-0000-3daa-1ce6c40e0000 pid=3780 memfd:a net send-data write-file guuid=325f7ec5-2200-0000-3daa-1ce6be0e0000 pid=3774->guuid=51e88ec7-2200-0000-3daa-1ce6c40e0000 pid=3780 execve d0b64094-16e5-5bba-af49-b8ad343c0b9d 36.213.19.106:3306 guuid=51e88ec7-2200-0000-3daa-1ce6c40e0000 pid=3780->d0b64094-16e5-5bba-af49-b8ad343c0b9d send: 939B guuid=51e88ec7-2200-0000-3daa-1ce6c40e0000 pid=5114 memfd:a guuid=51e88ec7-2200-0000-3daa-1ce6c40e0000 pid=3780->guuid=51e88ec7-2200-0000-3daa-1ce6c40e0000 pid=5114 clone guuid=51e88ec7-2200-0000-3daa-1ce6c40e0000 pid=5115 memfd:a send-data guuid=51e88ec7-2200-0000-3daa-1ce6c40e0000 pid=3780->guuid=51e88ec7-2200-0000-3daa-1ce6c40e0000 pid=5115 clone guuid=51e88ec7-2200-0000-3daa-1ce6c40e0000 pid=5116 memfd:a send-data guuid=51e88ec7-2200-0000-3daa-1ce6c40e0000 pid=3780->guuid=51e88ec7-2200-0000-3daa-1ce6c40e0000 pid=5116 clone guuid=51e88ec7-2200-0000-3daa-1ce6c40e0000 pid=5117 memfd:a send-data guuid=51e88ec7-2200-0000-3daa-1ce6c40e0000 pid=3780->guuid=51e88ec7-2200-0000-3daa-1ce6c40e0000 pid=5117 clone guuid=51e88ec7-2200-0000-3daa-1ce6c40e0000 pid=5115->d0b64094-16e5-5bba-af49-b8ad343c0b9d send: 604B guuid=51e88ec7-2200-0000-3daa-1ce6c40e0000 pid=5116->d0b64094-16e5-5bba-af49-b8ad343c0b9d send: 303B guuid=51e88ec7-2200-0000-3daa-1ce6c40e0000 pid=5117->d0b64094-16e5-5bba-af49-b8ad343c0b9d send: 284B
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/b111f61c-500e-4759-97b4-24ed61ab69c7
Result
Threat name:
SNOWLIGHT
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
80 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/2001264
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Found malware configuration
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected SNOWLIGHT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/044a16dea21e0f4236305fd31bbdc1cdbfcea40dd60d2f4375cae88e5df7372b/
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Snowlight
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-11-07 21:41:32 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
22 of 36 (61.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=arfbnxvcdyhuenrql7jrxpobzw745jan2ygs6q3vzlui4xpxg4vq._file
Result
Malware family:
snowlight
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:snowlight actor:unc5174 apt discovery linux loader
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/261109-gktv1atz6r/
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
36.213.19.106
Malware Family:
vshell
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Malicious:
True
Tags:
elf 64bit debugger-check
Link:
https://intel.virussign.com/intelligence/file/044a16dea21e0f4236305fd31bbdc1cdbfcea40dd60d2f4375cae88e5df7372b
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
0.96
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/044a16dea21e0f4236305fd31bbdc1cdbfcea40dd60d2f4375cae88e5df7372b

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
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Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_3fa2df51
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:malware_SNOWLIGHT_ELF
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Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:SNOWLIGHT
Reference:https://sect.iij.ad.jp/blog/2025/11/unc5174-windows-snowlight-in-2025/
Rule name:setsockopt
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
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Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags

File information

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

Web download

Snowlight

elf 044a16dea21e0f4236305fd31bbdc1cdbfcea40dd60d2f4375cae88e5df7372b

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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