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Database Entry



Snowlight


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: e767dec2973eab5d61c6422e50d11c5e9a8e5cf01a81fe508e10cd4aec215be4
SHA3-384 hash: 5c5a2442a74ec4348b616cdaed565897f04a3cd08883a97178a6fa76150630b7246fb77e42d1c85eb2d1dee9daab4483
SHA1 hash: 592d669d0c7b242f0e7467f543b3cdeba78aafc6
MD5 hash: 03d029a654df11fa1432a9127f9f3b0f
humanhash: seventeen-arizona-mississippi-johnny
File name:e767dec2973eab5d61c6422e50d11c5e9a8e5cf01a81fe508e10cd4aec215be4.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Snowlight
File size:9'800 bytes
First seen:2026-09-07 19:54:40 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 192:GqnWWHHhZMWT1YmbhrsnurfjTr8sbnsl:5WWZ1Ymb8Oe
TLSH T18A123047A2D0CE3FC8D953384467122472B794BEDF629713064815B53F427E81E6EB8B
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 whack_sh
Tags:elf exe SNOWLIGHT whack.sh

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
109
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a process from a recently created file
Receives data from a server
Sends data to a server
Connection attempt
Creating a file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc golang vshell
Verdict:
Malicious
Uses P2P?:
false
Uses anti-vm?:
false
Architecture:
x86
Packer:
not packed
Botnet:
unknown
Number of open files:
12
Number of processes launched:
4
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
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-08-28T17:21:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-03T17:43:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=f887cc3d-1c00-0000-ad10-29c243090000 pid=2371 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=645f6841-1c00-0000-ad10-29c247090000 pid=2375 memfd:a net send-data write-file guuid=f887cc3d-1c00-0000-ad10-29c243090000 pid=2371->guuid=645f6841-1c00-0000-ad10-29c247090000 pid=2375 execve 987a0c2b-975b-5132-85c6-f7ab09ad4c12 103.30.76.214:8779 guuid=645f6841-1c00-0000-ad10-29c247090000 pid=2375->987a0c2b-975b-5132-85c6-f7ab09ad4c12 send: 1437B guuid=645f6841-1c00-0000-ad10-29c247090000 pid=2640 memfd:a guuid=645f6841-1c00-0000-ad10-29c247090000 pid=2375->guuid=645f6841-1c00-0000-ad10-29c247090000 pid=2640 clone guuid=645f6841-1c00-0000-ad10-29c247090000 pid=2641 memfd:a guuid=645f6841-1c00-0000-ad10-29c247090000 pid=2375->guuid=645f6841-1c00-0000-ad10-29c247090000 pid=2641 clone guuid=645f6841-1c00-0000-ad10-29c247090000 pid=2642 memfd:a net send-data guuid=645f6841-1c00-0000-ad10-29c247090000 pid=2375->guuid=645f6841-1c00-0000-ad10-29c247090000 pid=2642 clone guuid=645f6841-1c00-0000-ad10-29c247090000 pid=2643 memfd:a send-data guuid=645f6841-1c00-0000-ad10-29c247090000 pid=2375->guuid=645f6841-1c00-0000-ad10-29c247090000 pid=2643 clone guuid=645f6841-1c00-0000-ad10-29c247090000 pid=2642->987a0c2b-975b-5132-85c6-f7ab09ad4c12 send: 483B guuid=645f6841-1c00-0000-ad10-29c247090000 pid=2643->987a0c2b-975b-5132-85c6-f7ab09ad4c12 send: 702B
Result
Threat name:
SNOWLIGHT, VShell
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
80 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected SNOWLIGHT
Yara detected VShell
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Snowlight
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-08-29 03:01:55 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
22 of 36 (61.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
snowlight
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:snowlight actor:unc5174 apt discovery linux loader
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
103.30.76.214
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:linux_generic_ipv6_catcher
Author:@_lubiedo
Description:ELF samples using IPv6 addresses
Rule name:Linux_Generic_Threat_3fa2df51
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:malware_SNOWLIGHT_ELF
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
Author:Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:Hunts for setsockopt() red flags
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

File information


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

Web download

Snowlight

elf e767dec2973eab5d61c6422e50d11c5e9a8e5cf01a81fe508e10cd4aec215be4

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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