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Database Entry


Snowlight


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 9bf11533b250a32c79d7b8734252eee95cbcf29fde23322e4c584854d16bdf68
SHA3-384 hash: a77065ac6a9693fd5702ebf531c4c5646fd2e2df93c3515e4b448f2cd354cd7ea64b1d5384e926e09ada77654ae1e7d5
SHA1 hash: 9bb24359a60390babda78b7322dcdfed76cfbb12
MD5 hash: 700ad464452c9bd1a9f4c1c076112c1e
humanhash: carolina-king-juliet-angel
File name:9bf11533b250a32c79d7b8734252eee95cbcf29fde23322e4c584854d16bdf68.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Snowlight
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File size:9'800 bytes
First seen:2026-11-08 04:55:13 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 96:GqTVJWWGXzS69H5ML09V1J9G8YmH+hrsrwegVekrf7mxaamBFBp8sBRnsH5vZAC:GqnWWHSZMWT1YmehrsnurfjTr8sbnsl
TLSH T1EE123047A2D0CE3FC8E953384467122472B794BEDF629713064815B63F427E81E6EB8B
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 :
87
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Unix.Downloader.Generic-10032902-0
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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?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Full report:
https://elfdigest.com/brief/9bf11533b250a32c79d7b8734252eee95cbcf29fde23322e4c584854d16bdf68
Behaviour
Process Renaming
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/9bf11533b250a32c79d7b8734252eee95cbcf29fde23322e4c584854d16bdf68/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/d194f909-c149-4dbb-97f9-2651af97d572
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
%3 guuid=fee9ccdc-1a00-0000-c575-492c9f080000 pid=2207 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=7345f1df-1a00-0000-c575-492ca7080000 pid=2215 memfd:a net send-data write-file guuid=fee9ccdc-1a00-0000-c575-492c9f080000 pid=2207->guuid=7345f1df-1a00-0000-c575-492ca7080000 pid=2215 execve 4b53a715-ba44-5b6c-aeb2-ccd3e8319420 154.36.163.65:52372 guuid=7345f1df-1a00-0000-c575-492ca7080000 pid=2215->4b53a715-ba44-5b6c-aeb2-ccd3e8319420 send: 40B guuid=7345f1df-1a00-0000-c575-492ca7080000 pid=2553 memfd:a guuid=7345f1df-1a00-0000-c575-492ca7080000 pid=2215->guuid=7345f1df-1a00-0000-c575-492ca7080000 pid=2553 clone guuid=7345f1df-1a00-0000-c575-492ca7080000 pid=2554 memfd:a guuid=7345f1df-1a00-0000-c575-492ca7080000 pid=2215->guuid=7345f1df-1a00-0000-c575-492ca7080000 pid=2554 clone guuid=7345f1df-1a00-0000-c575-492ca7080000 pid=2555 memfd:a guuid=7345f1df-1a00-0000-c575-492ca7080000 pid=2215->guuid=7345f1df-1a00-0000-c575-492ca7080000 pid=2555 clone guuid=7345f1df-1a00-0000-c575-492ca7080000 pid=2556 memfd:a guuid=7345f1df-1a00-0000-c575-492ca7080000 pid=2215->guuid=7345f1df-1a00-0000-c575-492ca7080000 pid=2556 clone
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/d2d97218-be03-4adc-adcc-a7a53461c7b9
Result
Threat name:
SNOWLIGHT, VShell
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
88 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/2000706
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:
Download SVG
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/9bf11533b250a32c79d7b8734252eee95cbcf29fde23322e4c584854d16bdf68/
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Snowlight
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-11-07 15:24:01 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
24 of 38 (63.16%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=tpyrkm5skcrsy6oxxbzueuxo5folz4u73yrtelsmlbefjull35ua._file
Result
Malware family:
snowlight
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:snowlight actor:unc5174 apt discovery linux loader
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/261108-fj8gbsvs3k/
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
154.36.163.65
Malware Family:
vshell
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Malicious:
True
Tags:
64bits elf detect-debug-environment
Link:
https://intel.virussign.com/intelligence/file/9bf11533b250a32c79d7b8734252eee95cbcf29fde23322e4c584854d16bdf68
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Legit
Score:
0.26
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/9bf11533b250a32c79d7b8734252eee95cbcf29fde23322e4c584854d16bdf68

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
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Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_3fa2df51
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:malware_SNOWLIGHT_ELF
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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
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Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
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Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
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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 9bf11533b250a32c79d7b8734252eee95cbcf29fde23322e4c584854d16bdf68

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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