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Database Entry


Snowlight


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 3260d5dd17bfb3258ad8a7f0b45a45f7704b1572f8710d91b9a503ea7fdc94a0
SHA3-384 hash: 2bd28b9f7658dc8db83c92de30cc1dcfc37db84689ce3d5343d0be4e36642f81291585f77ba836cfdbb7ab6358c166b9
SHA1 hash: 0edf7dc18e9aeff56cc969477f61172e28985180
MD5 hash: dbf59b4105b4eea65738e28b0808c6eb
humanhash: indigo-happy-floor-illinois
File name:3260d5dd17bfb3258ad8a7f0b45a45f7704b1572f8710d91b9a503ea7fdc94a0.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Snowlight
Create hunting rule
File size:9'800 bytes
First seen:2026-09-20 04:02:35 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 96:GqTVJWWGXzS61H5ML09V1J9G8Ym1+hrsrwegVekrf7mxaamBFBp8sBRnsH5vZAC:GqnWWHuZMWT1YmohrsnurfjTr8sbnsl
TLSH T18E123047A2D0CE3FC8D953384467122472B794BEDF629723064815B53F427E81E6EB8B
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 whack_sh
Tags:elf SNOWLIGHT

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
69
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Unix.Downloader.Generic-10032902-0
Create hunting rule

Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Receives data from a server
Creating a file
Sends data to a server
Creating a process from a recently created file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
downloader gcc golang
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6aaf5b057a52065ae6ef5fd5/reports/c8644b5e-ad90-4189-9635-e9112d27a746/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
12
Number of processes launched:
4
Processes remaning?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Full report:
https://elfdigest.com/brief/3260d5dd17bfb3258ad8a7f0b45a45f7704b1572f8710d91b9a503ea7fdc94a0
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/147f3f45-1436-4cdd-9214-0215ec630205
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
%3 guuid=688ad2e4-1700-0000-a851-0b23200d0000 pid=3360 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3371 memfd:a net send-data write-file guuid=688ad2e4-1700-0000-a851-0b23200d0000 pid=3360->guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3371 execve 0f6e5cbe-b618-5b86-a103-955aaff7377c 120.55.162.57:443 guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3371->0f6e5cbe-b618-5b86-a103-955aaff7377c send: 40B guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3949 memfd:a guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3371->guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3949 clone guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3950 memfd:a guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3371->guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3950 clone guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3951 memfd:a guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3371->guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3951 clone guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3952 memfd:a guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3371->guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3952 clone guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3953 memfd:a guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3371->guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3953 clone guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3954 memfd:a guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3371->guuid=20d328e8-1700-0000-a851-0b232b0d0000 pid=3954 clone
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/b3ca527e-7ba4-483a-a26f-6ca52c5c3d35
Result
Threat name:
SNOWLIGHT, VShell
Create hunting rule
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
88 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1975247
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Found malware configuration
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected SNOWLIGHT
Yara detected VShell
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
ELF
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/3260d5dd17bfb3258ad8a7f0b45a45f7704b1572f8710d91b9a503ea7fdc94a0
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/3260d5dd17bfb3258ad8a7f0b45a45f7704b1572f8710d91b9a503ea7fdc94a0/
Gathering data
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=gjqnlxixx6zslcwyu7yliwsf65yewfls7byq3enzuub6u764ssqa._file
Result
Malware family:
snowlight
Create hunting rule
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:snowlight actor:unc5174 apt linux loader
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260920-emgbksys7q/
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
120.55.162.57
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Suspicious File
Score:
0.60
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/3260d5dd17bfb3258ad8a7f0b45a45f7704b1572f8710d91b9a503ea7fdc94a0

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Create hunting rule
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_3fa2df51
Create hunting rule
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:malware_SNOWLIGHT_ELF
Create hunting rule
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
Create hunting rule
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Create hunting rule
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
Create hunting rule
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 3260d5dd17bfb3258ad8a7f0b45a45f7704b1572f8710d91b9a503ea7fdc94a0

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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