MalwareBazaar Database

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Database Entry

SHA256 hash:	aa9bf184fa3729df1f29eea7f97faed0fa042f9105dbfca4c5b010cc721fd432
SHA3-384 hash:	59f4ea8766e54d88b32286ad87552442070d50e8e22ff29dc0f87d388beb00a512ae41cc4026d9c8b2faccd771c8ac13
SHA1 hash:	f89d1c23931106568b04c507157cf70319e4e17b
MD5 hash:	3ad1895464f32da6c6b236f139308f0c
humanhash:	magazine-may-single-carpet
File name:	aa9bf184fa3729df1f29eea7f97faed0fa042f9105dbfca4c5b010cc721fd432.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	VShell Alert Create hunting rule
File size:	4'608 bytes
First seen:	2026-09-27 11:10:51 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	e82dd51b077167be63c004bed23d0c1e (319 x VShell, 40 x NetWalker, 2 x GuLoader)
ssdeep	48:6I7lwe7FM08SVJdSR1Ig9TPe1YpV1ZsSZIXxhxhwcRaK:Pl1O09nq1Ig9T2Enwp
TLSH	T14991A5C5F757E6B2EC1C07F500A379A4C4682E18927C9B564FE16F0C3C111AA3D3DA52
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	whack_sh
Tags:	exe vshell

Intelligence

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File Origin

# of uploads :

1

# of downloads :

161

Origin country :

US

Vendor Threat Intelligence

ACCE Unknown

No detections

ANY.RUN Malicious

Malware family:

n/a

ID:

1

File name:

exe

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2026-09-27 11:26:14 UTC

Tags:

payload snowlight dropper websocket vshell rat golang

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/9dc96a49-8752-48ce-8d13-49ba7c082229

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

CAPE Sandbox

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/89282/

Dr. Web vxCube Malware

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Connection attempt

Sending an HTTP GET request

FileScan.IO Malicious

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

  10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

cobalt cobalt microsoft_visual_cc packed

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6ab8f9ddc34344e53872ca6e/reports/dac391b6-70a8-42a1-bd6c-1ebeb310bc63/overview

Hybrid Analysis Win/malicious_confidence_100%

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Win/malicious_confidence_100%

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/aa9bf184fa3729df1f29eea7f97faed0fa042f9105dbfca4c5b010cc721fd432

Kaspersky OpenTIP Malicious

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

exe x32

First seen:

2026-09-27T08:27:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-09-28T06:19:00Z UTC

Hits:

~10

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/aa9bf184fa3729df1f29eea7f97faed0fa042f9105dbfca4c5b010cc721fd432/results?tab=lookup

Intezer Knight

Malware family:

Knight

Alert

Create hunting rule

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/7f29533d-dfe9-46ea-a8f5-09082d8c1bb2

Joe Sandbox SNOWLIGHT, VShell

Result

Threat name:

SNOWLIGHT, VShell

Alert

Create hunting rule

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

troj.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1978639

Signature

Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample

C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration

Detected unpacking (creates a PE file in dynamic memory)

Found malware configuration

Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file

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:

Download SVG

Nucleon Malprob Malware

Score:

80%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

PE

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/aa9bf184fa3729df1f29eea7f97faed0fa042f9105dbfca4c5b010cc721fd432

Malva.RE inconclusive

Verdict:

inconclusive

YARA:

4 match(es)

Tags:

Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/3ad1895464f32da6c6b236f139308f0c

CERT.PL MWDB

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/aa9bf184fa3729df1f29eea7f97faed0fa042f9105dbfca4c5b010cc721fd432/

ReversingLabs TitaniumCloud Win32.Trojan.Mikey

Threat name:

Win32.Trojan.Mikey

Alert

Create hunting rule

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-09-27 11:11:27 UTC

File Type:

PE (Exe)

AV detection:

24 of 36 (66.67%)

Threat level:

  5/5

Spamhaus Hash Blocklist Suspicious file

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=vkn7dbh2g4u56hzj52t7s75o2d5ail4raxn7zjgfwaimy4q72qza._file

Threatray SNOWLIGHT

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

SNOWLIGHT

Alert

Create hunting rule

Link:

https://reports.threatray.com/fbb80957-4d19-4fe9-a1c8-f83343dc810e

Hatching Triage vshell

Result

Malware family:

vshell

Alert

Create hunting rule

Score:

  10/10

Tags:

family:vshell backdoor discovery rat

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260927-nafc7axyew/

Behaviour

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Detects VSHELL Backdoor

Family: VShell

UnpacMe

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

aa9bf184fa3729df1f29eea7f97faed0fa042f9105dbfca4c5b010cc721fd432

MD5 hash:

3ad1895464f32da6c6b236f139308f0c

SHA1 hash:

f89d1c23931106568b04c507157cf70319e4e17b

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/f21485ae-6755-4f27-b104-0a80f764f92d/

VMRay VShell

Malware family:

VShell

Alert

Create hunting rule

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/aa9bf184fa37/report/overview.html

VirusTotal

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YOROI YOMI DriveBy Activity

Threat name:

DriveBy Activity

Score:

0.90

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/aa9bf184fa3729df1f29eea7f97faed0fa042f9105dbfca4c5b010cc721fd432

File information

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

Web download

VShell

exe aa9bf184fa3729df1f29eea7f97faed0fa042f9105dbfca4c5b010cc721fd432

(this sample)

  

Delivery method

Distributed via web download

Cape

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/89282/