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Database Entry



VShell


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a7dfef28503fb5092f5114aa201943c86e65baa9c4731cb31d0047d86d8bf52c
SHA3-384 hash: f7996c243f9cac96f7784a6d8baf2be7e2e05881831556d12015a2f71ce2e7f17241e3a8b8513901923cc12d9def9836
SHA1 hash: 77ba073872144434b057a0b827b4adfaf8e0ca63
MD5 hash: d20506ee2979bc603ee21f68605626f8
humanhash: juliet-king-ack-rugby
File name:a7dfef28503fb5092f5114aa201943c86e65baa9c4731cb31d0047d86d8bf52c.exe
Download: download sample
Signature VShell
File size:4'608 bytes
First seen:2026-10-01 15:33:26 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash e82dd51b077167be63c004bed23d0c1e (451 x VShell, 40 x NetWalker, 2 x GuLoader)
ssdeep 48:6IIF9BlQaexigZ17An0cF5uduvxRxUjbON9XM/ge93ahr0/:y9BOaMjC0cF50uDxUOvXeg
TLSH T17D91C64270B989E7E85C82BF4C0FB8A0BD19740A41C483A60338A5953E3A53BF57CB0E
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 :
188
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-10-01 17:44:36 UTC
Tags:
snowlight dropper payload vshell rat websocket golang

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
rozena emotet
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:
2026-10-01T13:56:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-02T23:33:00Z 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
Sigma detected: Outbound RDP Connections Over Non-Standard Tools
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:
2026-10-01 15:34:30 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 discovery rat
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
Detects VSHELL Backdoor
Family: VShell
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
ws://47.109.176.249
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
a7dfef28503fb5092f5114aa201943c86e65baa9c4731cb31d0047d86d8bf52c
MD5 hash:
d20506ee2979bc603ee21f68605626f8
SHA1 hash:
77ba073872144434b057a0b827b4adfaf8e0ca63
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 a7dfef28503fb5092f5114aa201943c86e65baa9c4731cb31d0047d86d8bf52c

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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