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Database Entry


Snowlight


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: acb3f2879a7213122cd9afeca006aa53126ca48f2cab4ef368eae73cc72bc1d9
SHA3-384 hash: 4c670bbea4e8a476f28a616958e88aefdb684ee76f89659493f421e0446470a5e0653fc88e2f43ab7d68232967451b4e
SHA1 hash: 977f7851dc20e2ecc726f0c7ba575d4a8350fe5a
MD5 hash: 52739013620c4e00b3264431be903ec6
humanhash: march-utah-kansas-pasta
File name:acb3f2879a7213122cd9afeca006aa53126ca48f2cab4ef368eae73cc72bc1d9.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Snowlight
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File size:9'800 bytes
First seen:2026-11-09 04:42:38 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 192:GqnWWHuZMWT1YmGDhrsnurfjTr8sbnsl:5WW81YmGD8Oe
TLSH T161123047A2D0CE3FC8D953384467122472B794BEDF629713064815B63F427E81E6EB8B
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 :
68
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:
9
Number of processes launched:
1
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Full report:
https://elfdigest.com/brief/acb3f2879a7213122cd9afeca006aa53126ca48f2cab4ef368eae73cc72bc1d9
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/acb3f2879a7213122cd9afeca006aa53126ca48f2cab4ef368eae73cc72bc1d9/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/bbf4738b-329d-43af-bf53-c35ccd5583ce
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
%3 guuid=de6441f7-1a00-0000-a893-ba50970a0000 pid=2711 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=3b0b92f9-1a00-0000-a893-ba509b0a0000 pid=2715 memfd:a net send-data write-file guuid=de6441f7-1a00-0000-a893-ba50970a0000 pid=2711->guuid=3b0b92f9-1a00-0000-a893-ba509b0a0000 pid=2715 execve c5a1dfd3-c9eb-50f2-a703-af9ac92f2eb9 106.75.209.40:443 guuid=3b0b92f9-1a00-0000-a893-ba509b0a0000 pid=2715->c5a1dfd3-c9eb-50f2-a703-af9ac92f2eb9 send: 1225B guuid=3b0b92f9-1a00-0000-a893-ba509b0a0000 pid=3513 memfd:a guuid=3b0b92f9-1a00-0000-a893-ba509b0a0000 pid=2715->guuid=3b0b92f9-1a00-0000-a893-ba509b0a0000 pid=3513 clone guuid=3b0b92f9-1a00-0000-a893-ba509b0a0000 pid=3514 memfd:a send-data guuid=3b0b92f9-1a00-0000-a893-ba509b0a0000 pid=2715->guuid=3b0b92f9-1a00-0000-a893-ba509b0a0000 pid=3514 clone guuid=3b0b92f9-1a00-0000-a893-ba509b0a0000 pid=3515 memfd:a guuid=3b0b92f9-1a00-0000-a893-ba509b0a0000 pid=2715->guuid=3b0b92f9-1a00-0000-a893-ba509b0a0000 pid=3515 clone guuid=3b0b92f9-1a00-0000-a893-ba509b0a0000 pid=3516 memfd:a net send-data guuid=3b0b92f9-1a00-0000-a893-ba509b0a0000 pid=2715->guuid=3b0b92f9-1a00-0000-a893-ba509b0a0000 pid=3516 clone guuid=3b0b92f9-1a00-0000-a893-ba509b0a0000 pid=3514->c5a1dfd3-c9eb-50f2-a703-af9ac92f2eb9 send: 567B guuid=3b0b92f9-1a00-0000-a893-ba509b0a0000 pid=3516->c5a1dfd3-c9eb-50f2-a703-af9ac92f2eb9 send: 641B
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/ea11b130-af5e-442a-8a1c-546e7717f02a
Result
Threat name:
SNOWLIGHT, VShell
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
88 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/2001213
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/acb3f2879a7213122cd9afeca006aa53126ca48f2cab4ef368eae73cc72bc1d9/
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Snowlight
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-11-07 15:22:00 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=vsz7fb42oijrelgzv7wkabvkkmjgzjepfsvu543i5lttzrzlyhmq._file
Result
Malware family:
snowlight
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:snowlight actor:unc5174 apt linux loader
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/261109-fcaaystw8m/
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
106.75.209.40
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Suspicious File
Score:
0.60
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/acb3f2879a7213122cd9afeca006aa53126ca48f2cab4ef368eae73cc72bc1d9

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 acb3f2879a7213122cd9afeca006aa53126ca48f2cab4ef368eae73cc72bc1d9

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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