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Database Entry



Snowlight


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 7875d573ef014091135caa1f194cd5cf2fda027fe99ae51a51674845d059576d
SHA3-384 hash: bc25974e028cd33f447a071f30cd9423148abf5cb4e67093efd4405186e170eda2c063b82c00d482edebff83ab1a0775
SHA1 hash: 66258f0bc68ca295646b32c11ff2613ece59d798
MD5 hash: 79b8e71a56c16d319f98bf2c60d04fb8
humanhash: mountain-quebec-alpha-mexico
File name:7875d573ef014091135caa1f194cd5cf2fda027fe99ae51a51674845d059576d.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Snowlight
File size:9'800 bytes
First seen:2026-09-20 06:03:24 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 96:GqTVJWWGXzS6iH5ML09V1J9G8Ym6YV+hrsrwegVekrf7mxaamBFBp8sBRnsH5vZZ:GqnWWH1ZMWT1YmohrsnurfjTr8sbnsl
TLSH T18C123047A2D0CE3FC8D953384467122472B794BEDF629713064915B53F427E81E6EB8B
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 :
73
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Sends data to a server
Receives data from a server
Creating a process from a recently created file
Connection attempt
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc golang
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
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
First seen:
2026-09-20T03:19:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-20T03:36:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=daf492d9-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dc10a0000 pid=2753 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2762 memfd:a net send-data write-file guuid=daf492d9-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dc10a0000 pid=2753->guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2762 execve 1c544a4c-80a3-5cb6-9797-27e95667c178 89.34.227.96:8088 guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2762->1c544a4c-80a3-5cb6-9797-27e95667c178 send: 40B guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2891 memfd:a guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2762->guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2891 clone guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2892 memfd:a net send-data guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2762->guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2892 clone guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2893 memfd:a net send-data guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2762->guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2893 clone guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2894 memfd:a net send-data guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2762->guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2894 clone guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2895 memfd:a send-data guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2762->guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2895 clone guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2892->1c544a4c-80a3-5cb6-9797-27e95667c178 send: 346B guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2893->1c544a4c-80a3-5cb6-9797-27e95667c178 send: 1010B guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2894->1c544a4c-80a3-5cb6-9797-27e95667c178 send: 735B guuid=a8dee0dd-1b00-0000-b9a8-aa8dca0a0000 pid=2895->1c544a4c-80a3-5cb6-9797-27e95667c178 send: 504B
Result
Threat name:
SNOWLIGHT, VShell
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
88 / 100
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:
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Snowlight
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-20 06:05:05 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
22 of 38 (57.89%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
snowlight
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:snowlight actor:unc5174 apt discovery linux loader
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
89.34.227.96
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_3fa2df51
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:malware_SNOWLIGHT_ELF
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
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
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 7875d573ef014091135caa1f194cd5cf2fda027fe99ae51a51674845d059576d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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