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Database Entry


Snowlight


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: a74aa4eda145ea8e12bd2c6121fe8cc204eb2d41ce34a2829f288c65f8531ee3
SHA3-384 hash: fe3b27bfd9f91a2f6339a28d5d525b2570e4d331e0d99d1e44d1edb2fd39c01d51c02e2d41fc494b3c02cdb749a9e74f
SHA1 hash: 432c2a260522f7a692d5a3b4425dd87bb30a64f3
MD5 hash: 169aafa4afe700c4e4335f3c590290ee
humanhash: ceiling-kitten-happy-arizona
File name:a74aa4eda145ea8e12bd2c6121fe8cc204eb2d41ce34a2829f288c65f8531ee3.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Snowlight
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File size:9'800 bytes
First seen:2026-11-10 04:37:47 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 96:GqTVJWWGXzS6AH5ML09V1J9G8Ym6Y+hrsrwegVekrf7mxaamBFBp8sBRnsH5vZAC:GqnWWHLZMWT1YmehrsnurfjTr8sbnsl
TLSH T111123F47A2D0CE3FC8D953384467122472B794BEDF629713064925B63F427E81E6EB8B
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 :
65
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Unix.Downloader.Generic-10032902-0
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Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
downloader gcc golang
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6af29fb9df16bab617a1bfab/reports/74a8ff27-7f0f-49b3-bf4d-0cfbc554f445/overview
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
Full report:
https://elfdigest.com/brief/a74aa4eda145ea8e12bd2c6121fe8cc204eb2d41ce34a2829f288c65f8531ee3
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
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/a74aa4eda145ea8e12bd2c6121fe8cc204eb2d41ce34a2829f288c65f8531ee3/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/e8adbfa7-9a55-40e2-a41d-ba53f1963e7c
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
%3 guuid=17e50ff3-1a00-0000-5c97-e2a5a5080000 pid=2213 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=d0ac7ef6-1a00-0000-5c97-e2a5b0080000 pid=2224 memfd:a net send-data write-file guuid=17e50ff3-1a00-0000-5c97-e2a5a5080000 pid=2213->guuid=d0ac7ef6-1a00-0000-5c97-e2a5b0080000 pid=2224 execve 96be27e6-c99a-5386-8c80-69d2baf6c2e4 82.156.117.56:8443 guuid=d0ac7ef6-1a00-0000-5c97-e2a5b0080000 pid=2224->96be27e6-c99a-5386-8c80-69d2baf6c2e4 send: 40B guuid=d0ac7ef6-1a00-0000-5c97-e2a5b0080000 pid=5106 memfd:a guuid=d0ac7ef6-1a00-0000-5c97-e2a5b0080000 pid=2224->guuid=d0ac7ef6-1a00-0000-5c97-e2a5b0080000 pid=5106 clone guuid=d0ac7ef6-1a00-0000-5c97-e2a5b0080000 pid=5107 memfd:a guuid=d0ac7ef6-1a00-0000-5c97-e2a5b0080000 pid=2224->guuid=d0ac7ef6-1a00-0000-5c97-e2a5b0080000 pid=5107 clone guuid=d0ac7ef6-1a00-0000-5c97-e2a5b0080000 pid=5108 memfd:a guuid=d0ac7ef6-1a00-0000-5c97-e2a5b0080000 pid=2224->guuid=d0ac7ef6-1a00-0000-5c97-e2a5b0080000 pid=5108 clone guuid=d0ac7ef6-1a00-0000-5c97-e2a5b0080000 pid=5109 memfd:a guuid=d0ac7ef6-1a00-0000-5c97-e2a5b0080000 pid=2224->guuid=d0ac7ef6-1a00-0000-5c97-e2a5b0080000 pid=5109 clone
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/039ec8de-059d-4590-bed3-bbebc9b92057
Result
Threat name:
SNOWLIGHT, VShell
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
88 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/2002671
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/a74aa4eda145ea8e12bd2c6121fe8cc204eb2d41ce34a2829f288c65f8531ee3/
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Snowlight
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-11-07 09:22:18 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
22 of 36 (61.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=u5fkj3nbixvi4ev5frqsd7umyicowlkbzy2kfau7fcggl6ctd3rq._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/261110-e9g7dsgv2y/
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
82.156.117.56
Malware Family:
vshell
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Malicious:
True
Tags:
64bit elf debug-check
Link:
https://intel.virussign.com/intelligence/file/a74aa4eda145ea8e12bd2c6121fe8cc204eb2d41ce34a2829f288c65f8531ee3
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Threat name:
Suspicious File
Score:
0.60
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/a74aa4eda145ea8e12bd2c6121fe8cc204eb2d41ce34a2829f288c65f8531ee3

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 a74aa4eda145ea8e12bd2c6121fe8cc204eb2d41ce34a2829f288c65f8531ee3

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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