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Database Entry


Snowlight


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: e8a5edd5786d01c50195273bb8e178bd36db7c2c262e165acddf2c428b986c52
SHA3-384 hash: 4bf8abc0e8c3c7236365caec7d8359523b71bad67ec6df739230de376e98ee2d0f89dbdcde65e19dae28ebfd648b1d4a
SHA1 hash: 1a6ecf8c6838ff0863641779edf99fb7ed3a1537
MD5 hash: 036f63f2a1a175950dca98de5ddd5ee6
humanhash: one-berlin-wolfram-fruit
File name:e8a5edd5786d01c50195273bb8e178bd36db7c2c262e165acddf2c428b986c52.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Snowlight
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File size:9'800 bytes
First seen:2026-11-08 03:41:24 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 192:GqnWWHAZMWT1YmcRhrsnurfjTr8sbnsl:5WWK1Yme8Oe
TLSH T14F124047A2D0CE3FC8D953384467122472B794BEDF629713064815B53F427E81E6EB8B
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 :
59
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?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Full report:
https://elfdigest.com/brief/e8a5edd5786d01c50195273bb8e178bd36db7c2c262e165acddf2c428b986c52
Behaviour
Process Renaming
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/e8a5edd5786d01c50195273bb8e178bd36db7c2c262e165acddf2c428b986c52/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/7e99fefb-8e95-48f4-89d0-7231f7f24767
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
%3 guuid=1265657d-1c00-0000-2077-5826f10b0000 pid=3057 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=e36f7282-1c00-0000-2077-5826f20b0000 pid=3058 memfd:a net send-data write-file guuid=1265657d-1c00-0000-2077-5826f10b0000 pid=3057->guuid=e36f7282-1c00-0000-2077-5826f20b0000 pid=3058 execve 7c3d3ed4-e341-50df-97a2-422fa8315049 119.91.222.25:1433 guuid=e36f7282-1c00-0000-2077-5826f20b0000 pid=3058->7c3d3ed4-e341-50df-97a2-422fa8315049 send: 141B guuid=e36f7282-1c00-0000-2077-5826f20b0000 pid=5114 memfd:a guuid=e36f7282-1c00-0000-2077-5826f20b0000 pid=3058->guuid=e36f7282-1c00-0000-2077-5826f20b0000 pid=5114 clone guuid=e36f7282-1c00-0000-2077-5826f20b0000 pid=5115 memfd:a guuid=e36f7282-1c00-0000-2077-5826f20b0000 pid=3058->guuid=e36f7282-1c00-0000-2077-5826f20b0000 pid=5115 clone guuid=e36f7282-1c00-0000-2077-5826f20b0000 pid=5116 memfd:a send-data guuid=e36f7282-1c00-0000-2077-5826f20b0000 pid=3058->guuid=e36f7282-1c00-0000-2077-5826f20b0000 pid=5116 clone guuid=e36f7282-1c00-0000-2077-5826f20b0000 pid=5117 memfd:a net send-data guuid=e36f7282-1c00-0000-2077-5826f20b0000 pid=3058->guuid=e36f7282-1c00-0000-2077-5826f20b0000 pid=5117 clone guuid=e36f7282-1c00-0000-2077-5826f20b0000 pid=5116->7c3d3ed4-e341-50df-97a2-422fa8315049 send: 1139B guuid=e36f7282-1c00-0000-2077-5826f20b0000 pid=5117->7c3d3ed4-e341-50df-97a2-422fa8315049 send: 750B
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/e751a204-7052-4459-8d77-941eaa7d6d46
Result
Threat name:
SNOWLIGHT, VShell
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
88 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/2000672
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/e8a5edd5786d01c50195273bb8e178bd36db7c2c262e165acddf2c428b986c52/
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Snowlight
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-11-07 21:29:55 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
14 of 24 (58.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=5cs63vlynua4kamve453rylyxu3nw7bmeyxbmwwn34wefc4ynrja._file
Result
Malware family:
snowlight
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:snowlight actor:unc5174 apt discovery linux loader
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/261108-d9ewlahy9j/
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
119.91.222.25
Malware Family:
vshell
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Malicious:
True
Tags:
64bits elf detect-debug-environment
Source:
https://www.virussign.com/
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
0.96
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/e8a5edd5786d01c50195273bb8e178bd36db7c2c262e165acddf2c428b986c52

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

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Web download

Snowlight

elf e8a5edd5786d01c50195273bb8e178bd36db7c2c262e165acddf2c428b986c52

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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