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Database Entry



VShell


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5aec4cf6d50b41c6c3477ff429184fe90d65a5c328ea3ea0ac29c6bed029cf83
SHA3-384 hash: aaaaba96ff48f8f43318563b57fc8c6977b3bcb83a11368e3e2d81f0a68247c611b79bb4df48a9f299cb2aa337dfef13
SHA1 hash: 1b54793b297dfcd3eeb02ac945e9b051d8aa264f
MD5 hash: 31747e1bdeeb47c436baea86d770a043
humanhash: golf-neptune-gee-fix
File name:5aec4cf6d50b41c6c3477ff429184fe90d65a5c328ea3ea0ac29c6bed029cf83.exe
Download: download sample
Signature VShell
File size:4'608 bytes
First seen:2026-10-04 02:19:11 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash e82dd51b077167be63c004bed23d0c1e (453 x VShell, 40 x NetWalker, 2 x GuLoader)
ssdeep 48:6IIF9BlQaexghgZ57An0cF5uduvxRxUjbON9XM/ge93ahr0/:y9BOaMgEO0cF50uDxUOvXeg
TLSH T17391D74170B989E7E85C41BB4C0FB8A0B919740A41C4C3A74378A5953E3967BF5BCB0E
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 :
188
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-10-04 02:22:22 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
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
rozena emotet
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-09-30T10:32:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-05T21:28:00Z 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:
2026-09-30 16:51:59 UTC
AV detection:
32 of 38 (84.21%)
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://8.134.110.251
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
5aec4cf6d50b41c6c3477ff429184fe90d65a5c328ea3ea0ac29c6bed029cf83
MD5 hash:
31747e1bdeeb47c436baea86d770a043
SHA1 hash:
1b54793b297dfcd3eeb02ac945e9b051d8aa264f
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 5aec4cf6d50b41c6c3477ff429184fe90d65a5c328ea3ea0ac29c6bed029cf83

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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