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Database Entry



Snowlight


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 82031ac4302ba2b9d8103399d8d36ea30ac1cf23d5ef3fcfcbd458db7e32c997
SHA3-384 hash: ec706387fd505889d095b41e0324bdaba13031d1fe6536d3e01e8b8369b9efb3b31712649366cf903b3038d7019f8a70
SHA1 hash: 368f5458136a726dee70b4c874f1813f2092de72
MD5 hash: d3808ca631b57fd528443bc73e1999eb
humanhash: hotel-one-victor-missouri
File name:82031ac4302ba2b9d8103399d8d36ea30ac1cf23d5ef3fcfcbd458db7e32c997.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Snowlight
File size:9'800 bytes
First seen:2026-11-08 02:40:40 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 96:GqTVJWWGXzS61H5ML09V1J9G8Yms+hrsrwegVekrf7mxaamBFBp8sBRnsH5vZAC:GqnWWHuZMWT1YmthrsnurfjTr8sbnsl
TLSH T1A0123047A2D0CE3FC8D953384467122472B794BEDF629713064925B63F427E81E6EB8B
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 :
79
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Gathering data
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?
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
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=d79c4ad1-1b00-0000-568c-7f7399090000 pid=2457 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=efb8acd8-1b00-0000-568c-7f73ac090000 pid=2476 memfd:a net send-data write-file guuid=d79c4ad1-1b00-0000-568c-7f7399090000 pid=2457->guuid=efb8acd8-1b00-0000-568c-7f73ac090000 pid=2476 execve 56373759-1b9b-51f9-a6c8-26ea7ca3169f 45.76.145.171:443 guuid=efb8acd8-1b00-0000-568c-7f73ac090000 pid=2476->56373759-1b9b-51f9-a6c8-26ea7ca3169f send: 839B guuid=efb8acd8-1b00-0000-568c-7f73ac090000 pid=2673 memfd:a guuid=efb8acd8-1b00-0000-568c-7f73ac090000 pid=2476->guuid=efb8acd8-1b00-0000-568c-7f73ac090000 pid=2673 clone guuid=efb8acd8-1b00-0000-568c-7f73ac090000 pid=2674 memfd:a send-data guuid=efb8acd8-1b00-0000-568c-7f73ac090000 pid=2476->guuid=efb8acd8-1b00-0000-568c-7f73ac090000 pid=2674 clone guuid=efb8acd8-1b00-0000-568c-7f73ac090000 pid=2675 memfd:a send-data guuid=efb8acd8-1b00-0000-568c-7f73ac090000 pid=2476->guuid=efb8acd8-1b00-0000-568c-7f73ac090000 pid=2675 clone guuid=efb8acd8-1b00-0000-568c-7f73ac090000 pid=2676 memfd:a net send-data guuid=efb8acd8-1b00-0000-568c-7f73ac090000 pid=2476->guuid=efb8acd8-1b00-0000-568c-7f73ac090000 pid=2676 clone guuid=efb8acd8-1b00-0000-568c-7f73ac090000 pid=2674->56373759-1b9b-51f9-a6c8-26ea7ca3169f send: 303B guuid=efb8acd8-1b00-0000-568c-7f73ac090000 pid=2675->56373759-1b9b-51f9-a6c8-26ea7ca3169f send: 385B guuid=efb8acd8-1b00-0000-568c-7f73ac090000 pid=2676->56373759-1b9b-51f9-a6c8-26ea7ca3169f send: 1109B
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:
2026-11-07 21:27:24 UTC
AV detection:
24 of 38 (63.16%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
snowlight
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:snowlight actor:unc5174 apt linux loader
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
45.76.145.171
Malware Family:
downloade
Malicious:
True
Tags:
elf 64bits detect-debug-environment
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YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

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 82031ac4302ba2b9d8103399d8d36ea30ac1cf23d5ef3fcfcbd458db7e32c997

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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