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Database Entry



VShell


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 973f56952f4747ec92d1dc9fd3ee4b6b8b99d2c974a4ff3994ab7bd93dd41ac6
SHA3-384 hash: 62fec5ffad397008e4c079270520182fb24a76f466dd80c0ab496cc9b9ad4a6ca6ab7c11f8f22e674ccef1f19241968c
SHA1 hash: ba7931f88fc08dffbd79811a29bfa3567bb1c5ff
MD5 hash: 2fa0ddedd18b6da1479a1e7d541893ed
humanhash: oscar-butter-carbon-oscar
File name:973f56952f4747ec92d1dc9fd3ee4b6b8b99d2c974a4ff3994ab7bd93dd41ac6.exe
Download: download sample
Signature VShell
File size:4'608 bytes
First seen:2026-09-22 02:09:12 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash e82dd51b077167be63c004bed23d0c1e (313 x VShell, 40 x NetWalker, 2 x GuLoader)
ssdeep 48:6IIF9BlQaexAKgZY7An0cF5uduvxRxUjbON9XM/ge93ahr0/:y9BOaMArp0cF50uDxUOvXeg
TLSH T12691C64170B989E7E85C41BF4C0FB8A4B919740A41C483A64338A5A93E3967BF47CB0E
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 :
172
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-09-22 02:17:31 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
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2026-09-21T23:31:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-23T17:58:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
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:
2026-09-22 02:10:19 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
AV detection:
33 of 38 (86.84%)
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://154.91.180.246
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
973f56952f4747ec92d1dc9fd3ee4b6b8b99d2c974a4ff3994ab7bd93dd41ac6
MD5 hash:
2fa0ddedd18b6da1479a1e7d541893ed
SHA1 hash:
ba7931f88fc08dffbd79811a29bfa3567bb1c5ff
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 973f56952f4747ec92d1dc9fd3ee4b6b8b99d2c974a4ff3994ab7bd93dd41ac6

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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