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Database Entry



VShell


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 422c7f97e2b5eed63bf06c7f51aa1f6b8b8a859f7c856b8a0404051894b035ac
SHA3-384 hash: 3a880488a5db9078b26a9873848ee29852432c4c15a1d806430936f3d386460a266133f6eddcf5199cd609ac5fb723c6
SHA1 hash: 64d38238ca7f5ce2e0f8cd8b798df7b155a323e8
MD5 hash: c002f45ab245cbcbd0386560b071f581
humanhash: utah-grey-alaska-nuts
File name:422c7f97e2b5eed63bf06c7f51aa1f6b8b8a859f7c856b8a0404051894b035ac.exe
Download: download sample
Signature VShell
File size:4'608 bytes
First seen:2026-10-10 00:04:57 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash e82dd51b077167be63c004bed23d0c1e (446 x VShell, 40 x NetWalker, 2 x GuLoader)
ssdeep 48:6IIF9BlQaexAfzgZs7An0cF5uduvxRxUjbON9XM/ge93ahr0/:y9BOaMAG10cF50uDxUOvXeg
TLSH T15291C64270B989E7E85D85BF4C0FB8A4B919780A41C483A74338A5993E3957BF47CB0E
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 :
169
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-10-10 00:26:45 UTC
Tags:
payload snowlight dropper websocket vshell rat golang

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:
cobalt cobalt microsoft_visual_cc packed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-09-17T16:16:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-10T15:17:00Z 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:
2026-09-17 21:40:45 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
AV detection:
28 of 36 (77.78%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:vshell backdoor discovery rat
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
Detects VSHELL Backdoor
Family: VShell
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
ws://208.167.245.124
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
422c7f97e2b5eed63bf06c7f51aa1f6b8b8a859f7c856b8a0404051894b035ac
MD5 hash:
c002f45ab245cbcbd0386560b071f581
SHA1 hash:
64d38238ca7f5ce2e0f8cd8b798df7b155a323e8
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 422c7f97e2b5eed63bf06c7f51aa1f6b8b8a859f7c856b8a0404051894b035ac

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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