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Database Entry


Snowlight


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 5aeb7b5c1ea6f5276c7372bf2b394f81a0564e28c0a5ab2ca95fdc1a45fb205e
SHA3-384 hash: 2b86a30c479acdaf6d6824ed3ffdc03777ab22a12e2c23502e76aff8352d1c8e6dc70aefbc10cc979443bebe1c6b6b1c
SHA1 hash: 76a3a9241b6492edef0c68b989fb8219ec51eb0c
MD5 hash: 4e7d23420d897242362add89be3b5bf5
humanhash: yankee-autumn-king-virginia
File name:5aeb7b5c1ea6f5276c7372bf2b394f81a0564e28c0a5ab2ca95fdc1a45fb205e.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Snowlight
Create hunting rule
File size:9'800 bytes
First seen:2026-11-10 04:45:43 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 96:GqTVJWWGXzS6WH5ML09V1J9G8Ymd+hrsrwegVekrf7mxaamBFBp8sBRnsH5vZAC:GqnWWHJZMWT1YmQhrsnurfjTr8sbnsl
TLSH T1F1123F47A2D0CE3FC8D953384467122472B794BEDF629713064925B63F427E81E6EB8B
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 :
76
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/6af2a1973dcb9aad06d47a17/reports/5dac826b-aa03-4a76-85d8-5de390ae7441/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
9
Number of processes launched:
1
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Full report:
https://elfdigest.com/brief/5aeb7b5c1ea6f5276c7372bf2b394f81a0564e28c0a5ab2ca95fdc1a45fb205e
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/5aeb7b5c1ea6f5276c7372bf2b394f81a0564e28c0a5ab2ca95fdc1a45fb205e/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/3a4f441c-1efe-416c-aefd-21b9ed3936a9
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
%3 guuid=ed845903-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4c070000 pid=1868 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=65ab390a-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4d070000 pid=1869 memfd:a net send-data write-file guuid=ed845903-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4c070000 pid=1868->guuid=65ab390a-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4d070000 pid=1869 execve 559f83eb-0e5b-5a60-939c-57add8d55d7c 152.136.119.249:8084 guuid=65ab390a-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4d070000 pid=1869->559f83eb-0e5b-5a60-939c-57add8d55d7c send: 743B guuid=65ab390a-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4d070000 pid=3096 memfd:a guuid=65ab390a-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4d070000 pid=1869->guuid=65ab390a-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4d070000 pid=3096 clone guuid=65ab390a-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4d070000 pid=3097 memfd:a guuid=65ab390a-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4d070000 pid=1869->guuid=65ab390a-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4d070000 pid=3097 clone guuid=65ab390a-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4d070000 pid=3098 memfd:a guuid=65ab390a-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4d070000 pid=1869->guuid=65ab390a-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4d070000 pid=3098 clone guuid=65ab390a-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4d070000 pid=3100 memfd:a net send-data guuid=65ab390a-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4d070000 pid=1869->guuid=65ab390a-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4d070000 pid=3100 clone guuid=65ab390a-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4d070000 pid=3101 memfd:a send-data guuid=65ab390a-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4d070000 pid=1869->guuid=65ab390a-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4d070000 pid=3101 clone guuid=65ab390a-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4d070000 pid=3100->559f83eb-0e5b-5a60-939c-57add8d55d7c send: 1001B guuid=65ab390a-1a00-0000-1a6a-ce7c4d070000 pid=3101->559f83eb-0e5b-5a60-939c-57add8d55d7c send: 485B
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/a5066d38-dff4-4382-b5c4-a2838e3dc681
Result
Threat name:
SNOWLIGHT, VShell
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
88 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/2002664
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
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/5aeb7b5c1ea6f5276c7372bf2b394f81a0564e28c0a5ab2ca95fdc1a45fb205e/
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Snowlight
Create hunting rule
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-11-07 09:23:32 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=llvxwxa6u32so3dtok7swokpqgqfmtriycs2wlfjl7oburp3ebpa._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/261110-fd1jjach65/
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
152.136.119.249
Malware Family:
vshell
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Malicious:
True
Tags:
64bit elf debug-check
Link:
https://intel.virussign.com/intelligence/file/5aeb7b5c1ea6f5276c7372bf2b394f81a0564e28c0a5ab2ca95fdc1a45fb205e
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/5aeb7b5c1ea6f5276c7372bf2b394f81a0564e28c0a5ab2ca95fdc1a45fb205e

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 5aeb7b5c1ea6f5276c7372bf2b394f81a0564e28c0a5ab2ca95fdc1a45fb205e

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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