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Database Entry



VShell


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 91c8498add9ef05e7b20983dff07eff8d23a70bad7093990b23761f89a4800eb
SHA3-384 hash: ed61b160d8ac03ede7a6ea792f382abe1443f567cf07754557730dce7d703fb29e05f87ace2ce12b1b9ff3f4e3f0dcca
SHA1 hash: c98e9a1a4e149e54220f5b8bd27a6f0216091874
MD5 hash: 1b73f22faa04fe8fa75c3e8afc331267
humanhash: lemon-bakerloo-golf-charlie
File name:91c8498add9ef05e7b20983dff07eff8d23a70bad7093990b23761f89a4800eb.exe
Download: download sample
Signature VShell
File size:4'608 bytes
First seen:2026-09-18 14:26:13 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash e82dd51b077167be63c004bed23d0c1e (163 x VShell, 40 x NetWalker, 2 x Snowlight)
ssdeep 48:6IIF9BlQaexXgZV7An0cF5uduvxRxUjbON9XM/ge93ahr0/:y9BOaM6i0cF50uDxUOvXeg
TLSH T12D91D74170B989E7E85D45BF4C0FB8A4B919740A41C483A74378A5A53F3A57BF47CB0E
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 :
120
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-09-18 14:47:18 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:
2026-09-17T16:08:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-17T16:37:00Z 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 21:42:21 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 24 (79.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:vshell backdoor rat
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Detects VSHELL Backdoor
Family: VShell
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
ws://150.129.80.247
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
91c8498add9ef05e7b20983dff07eff8d23a70bad7093990b23761f89a4800eb
MD5 hash:
1b73f22faa04fe8fa75c3e8afc331267
SHA1 hash:
c98e9a1a4e149e54220f5b8bd27a6f0216091874
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 91c8498add9ef05e7b20983dff07eff8d23a70bad7093990b23761f89a4800eb

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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