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Database Entry



VShell


Vendor detections: 5


Intelligence 5 IOCs YARA 24 File information Comments 1

SHA256 hash: bf8a8241e1d114be03550e909ddb8fb354d84b1e9c1b8a29c809de0160d74ee6
SHA3-384 hash: ecb6f06b3feacfa7ce88561aaa1cc1d328580ce32dcc141cc6c26c9686c4308699586d1eef2c7a4f1394d74c649ec8a4
SHA1 hash: ddac905a3950f159d2e6f249160fb540509249cc
MD5 hash: 40cc6050f3daac09f962eda58cd63848
humanhash: juliet-potato-yellow-alabama
File name:bf8a8241e1d114be03550e909ddb8fb354d84b1e9c1b8a29c809de0160d74ee6
Download: download sample
Signature VShell
File size:8'283'428 bytes
First seen:2026-10-09 22:27:44 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 98304:Le1OR6Qt64/V6NPLxNN7sohsU8Fpbqw/KoNvuPqKEG:LLjtatNpsohsU8Fgw/KoEyXG
TLSH T1A4865B57EC6560E8D1FEA2708563A663BF703C491B3223D31B40F6652F32BD069797A8
telfhash t1335267714abc35b5b6a6da10b3a3b4f495772ca472f438b05063e994ffc1e801ca6877
gimphash e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
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 0x3c7
Tags:110.42.232.120 elf vshell

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
97
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Receives data from a server
Connection attempt
Sends data to a server
Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
golang
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
3
Number of processes launched:
6
Processes remaning?
false
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Behaviour
no suspicious findings
Botnet C2s
TCP botnet C2(s):
not identified
UDP botnet C2(s):
not identified
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=457e3b44-1700-0000-6e10-1b364f0d0000 pid=3407 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3414 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=457e3b44-1700-0000-6e10-1b364f0d0000 pid=3407->guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3414 execve guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3442 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3414->guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3442 clone guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3443 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3414->guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3443 clone guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3444 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3414->guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3444 clone guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3453 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3414->guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3453 clone guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3454 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3414->guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3454 clone guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3468 /tmp/sample.bin guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3414->guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3468 clone guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3493 /tmp/sample.bin net send-data guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3414->guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3493 clone bafd85b0-590a-5974-ae21-da040cb85fcf 110.42.232.120:8897 guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3453->bafd85b0-590a-5974-ae21-da040cb85fcf send: 988B a88fe458-d88b-5b5b-b45f-c202dbded699 198.18.0.1:53 guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3453->a88fe458-d88b-5b5b-b45f-c202dbded699 con guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3454->bafd85b0-590a-5974-ae21-da040cb85fcf send: 494B guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3454->a88fe458-d88b-5b5b-b45f-c202dbded699 con guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3493->bafd85b0-590a-5974-ae21-da040cb85fcf send: 1482B guuid=e5b2c246-1700-0000-6e10-1b36560d0000 pid=3493->a88fe458-d88b-5b5b-b45f-c202dbded699 con
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
discovery linux
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Reads runtime system information
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:DetectGoMethodSignatures
Author:Wyatt Tauber
Description:Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries
Rule name:enterpriseapps2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise apps
Rule name:enterpriseunix2
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Enterprise UNIX
Rule name:F01_s1ckrule
Author:s1ckb017
Rule name:GoBinTest
Rule name:golang
Rule name:golang_binary_string
Description:Golang strings present
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple
Author:Ashar Siddiqui
Description:Find Go Signatuers
Rule name:identity_golang
Author:Eric Yocam
Description:find Golang malware
Rule name:LIN_Sample_Unique_4c099562
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (elf, etat binaire)
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:NSVPS_Hydra_SSH_Bruteforce
Author:sanad (NSVPS-SOC)
Description:Hydra SSH brute-force campaign credentials pattern from NSVPS honeypot
Rule name:ProgramLanguage_Golang
Author:albertzsigovits
Description:Application written in Golang programming language
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:setsockopt
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SHA512_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:unixredflags3
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for UNIX red flags
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information


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Web download

VShell

elf bf8a8241e1d114be03550e909ddb8fb354d84b1e9c1b8a29c809de0160d74ee6

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Delivery method
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Comments



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commented on 2026-10-11 02:49:27 UTC

VShell Linux implant (Go 1.26, main module 'vshell', symbols scrambled). Config is an appended trailer: payload | 'VSHCFG02' | uint64 LE length; payload = JSON {vkey,salt} + hex(12-byte nonce || AES-256-GCM); key = SHA-256('vshell2|' + vkey + '|' + salt). Decrypted: server_addr 110.42.232.120:8897, transport tcp, max_dns_size 512. Dropped by 80f7d2d3de2cdfebab4c9d9b5de17efc7c08de900b12330c349beeaaf3eafedd.