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Database Entry



VShell


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a9e6b663d0bef84c908daced7319e191d92dc45b8b96cdeddff68998d82d9efb
SHA3-384 hash: 23960e1d25c47de91851c1e9f960be475e8b9e32cf7408f4ad9850bb2e1abe1bf758a1f1fa058fed8b00758c1ed34ba5
SHA1 hash: cdde0f9a9d6bfb41f53a10e1a5bbd92d2e8c9f7d
MD5 hash: e110b6883cc37e21473ab8d52061a8e9
humanhash: equal-fish-green-oscar
File name:a9e6b663d0bef84c908daced7319e191d92dc45b8b96cdeddff68998d82d9efb.exe
Download: download sample
Signature VShell
File size:4'608 bytes
First seen:2026-11-05 00:35:32 UTC
Last seen:2026-11-05 01:29:49 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash e82dd51b077167be63c004bed23d0c1e (594 x VShell, 40 x NetWalker, 2 x GuLoader)
ssdeep 48:6I7lwe7HNU08SLJdSR1Ig9TPe1YpV1ZsSZIXxhxhwcRaK:Pl1+091q1Ig9T2Enwp
TLSH T1F29194C6F757E6B2EC1C17F500A3B994C8682E14927D9B464FA16F1C3C111AA3C2EA12
TrID 21.4% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
21.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
16.3% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
14.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
6.6% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika pebin
Reporter Tuxxin
Tags:exe vshell

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
200
Origin country :
FR FR
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-11-05 01:58:34 UTC
Tags:
snowlight dropper payload

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
rozena trojan virus hype
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
evasive microsoft_visual_cc packed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-11-04T10:50:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-11-04T11:07:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Result
Threat name:
SNOWLIGHT
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
88 / 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
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected SNOWLIGHT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Mikey
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-11-04 11:29:16 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
AV detection:
31 of 38 (81.58%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Malware Family:
n/a
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
cobaltstrike
YARA:
Cobalt_functions api_hash_ror13AddHash32AddDll
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
a9e6b663d0bef84c908daced7319e191d92dc45b8b96cdeddff68998d82d9efb
MD5 hash:
e110b6883cc37e21473ab8d52061a8e9
SHA1 hash:
cdde0f9a9d6bfb41f53a10e1a5bbd92d2e8c9f7d
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:VShell_Windows_Stager_HashedAPI
Author:Daydream
Description:VShell Windows stager (x86/x64, tcp and ws variants): resolves APIs by ROR-13 hash, checks %TEMP%\log_de.log, downloads a stage and XOR 0x99 decodes it in memory

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

VShell

Executable exe a9e6b663d0bef84c908daced7319e191d92dc45b8b96cdeddff68998d82d9efb

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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