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Database Entry



Snowlight


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ebc94e24e4df94f988dd0a2275e8a3f1957051814a3c39ec30bfaca2f5ca2607
SHA3-384 hash: c8bf5b3515bd1f1ed72f81725627dd15f2c67ea1000cdaea4cec71070cc537648c5b885b9348dc90ad2e51f99c970e73
SHA1 hash: 9ab45387111475d5cfb77fb4e49eba82bad7ca4d
MD5 hash: 8887c65035893d99996991282553fc19
humanhash: california-potato-music-november
File name:ebc94e24e4df94f988dd0a2275e8a3f1957051814a3c39ec30bfaca2f5ca2607.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Snowlight
File size:9'800 bytes
First seen:2026-09-07 20:58:45 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 96:GqTVJWWGXzS6KH5ML09V1J9G8YmlQ+hrsrwegVekrf7mxaamBFBp8sBRnsH5vZAC:GqnWWHNZMWT1YmjhrsnurfjTr8sbnsl
TLSH T176123047A2D0CE3FC8D9533844A7122472B794BEDF629713064915B53F427E81E6EB8B
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 :
40
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Receives data from a server
Creating a file
Sends data to a server
Creating a process from a recently created 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:
2026-07-03T20:05:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-31T22:11:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=e8501bff-1800-0000-a703-a8f8ff0b0000 pid=3071 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=d2f28903-1900-0000-a703-a8f8070c0000 pid=3079 memfd:a net send-data write-file guuid=e8501bff-1800-0000-a703-a8f8ff0b0000 pid=3071->guuid=d2f28903-1900-0000-a703-a8f8070c0000 pid=3079 execve e519437b-ce1f-5b78-a247-fcf35ba1b528 130.94.30.168:8080 guuid=d2f28903-1900-0000-a703-a8f8070c0000 pid=3079->e519437b-ce1f-5b78-a247-fcf35ba1b528 send: 1059B guuid=d2f28903-1900-0000-a703-a8f8070c0000 pid=3931 memfd:a guuid=d2f28903-1900-0000-a703-a8f8070c0000 pid=3079->guuid=d2f28903-1900-0000-a703-a8f8070c0000 pid=3931 clone guuid=d2f28903-1900-0000-a703-a8f8070c0000 pid=3932 memfd:a send-data guuid=d2f28903-1900-0000-a703-a8f8070c0000 pid=3079->guuid=d2f28903-1900-0000-a703-a8f8070c0000 pid=3932 clone guuid=d2f28903-1900-0000-a703-a8f8070c0000 pid=3933 memfd:a send-data guuid=d2f28903-1900-0000-a703-a8f8070c0000 pid=3079->guuid=d2f28903-1900-0000-a703-a8f8070c0000 pid=3933 clone guuid=d2f28903-1900-0000-a703-a8f8070c0000 pid=3934 memfd:a send-data guuid=d2f28903-1900-0000-a703-a8f8070c0000 pid=3079->guuid=d2f28903-1900-0000-a703-a8f8070c0000 pid=3934 clone guuid=d2f28903-1900-0000-a703-a8f8070c0000 pid=3932->e519437b-ce1f-5b78-a247-fcf35ba1b528 send: 1071B guuid=d2f28903-1900-0000-a703-a8f8070c0000 pid=3933->e519437b-ce1f-5b78-a247-fcf35ba1b528 send: 202B guuid=d2f28903-1900-0000-a703-a8f8070c0000 pid=3934->e519437b-ce1f-5b78-a247-fcf35ba1b528 send: 101B
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:
2026-07-04 01:00:57 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
24 of 36 (66.67%)
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:
130.94.30.168
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


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Web download

Snowlight

elf ebc94e24e4df94f988dd0a2275e8a3f1957051814a3c39ec30bfaca2f5ca2607

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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