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Database Entry

Snowlight

Vendor detections: 10

Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	f0c8a0b759a6b01bf95c300056cc3618e15931573157fcb335e77c29890ac2f8
SHA3-384 hash:	3087db0cf0804078ed0604d401c101d78ab994a9c3575c6c13a83c9d25f6f51dba8e5e01dc6950627cdf4f14e06234df
SHA1 hash:	6c62c964417d005662e22834b50bd783ee4403e4
MD5 hash:	a1ffc032b82a259d0944f2c4ce68b0aa
humanhash:	lithium-carolina-winter-emma
File name:	f0c8a0b759a6b01bf95c300056cc3618e15931573157fcb335e77c29890ac2f8.elf
Download:	download sample
Signature	Snowlight Create hunting rule
File size:	9'800 bytes
First seen:	2026-09-08 02:04:03 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	elf
MIME type:	application/x-executable
ssdeep	96:GqTVJWWGXzS6WH5ML09V1J9G8YmQ+hrsrwegVekrf7mxaamBFBp8sBRnsH5vZAC:GqnWWHJZMWT1YmJhrsnurfjTr8sbnsl
TLSH	T1AB123047A2D0CE3FC8D953384467122472B794BEDF629713064915B63F427E81E6EB8B
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 :

# of downloads :

101

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

No detections

Detection(s):

Unix.Downloader.Generic-10032902-0

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Creating a file

Sends data to a server

Receives data from a server

Creating a process from a recently created file

Connection attempt

Gathering data

Verdict:

Malicious

Uses P2P?:

false

Uses anti-vm?:

false

Architecture:

x86

Packer:

not packed

Botnet:

unknown

Number of open files:

Number of processes launched:

Processes remaning?

false

Remote TCP ports scanned:

not identified

Full report:

https://elfdigest.com/brief/f0c8a0b759a6b01bf95c300056cc3618e15931573157fcb335e77c29890ac2f8

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:

2026-08-28T16:21:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-09-09T18:31:00Z UTC

Hits:

~10

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/f0c8a0b759a6b01bf95c300056cc3618e15931573157fcb335e77c29890ac2f8/results?tab=lookup

Status:

terminated

Link:

https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/9fbfacac-db81-49f5-a703-b55007ebc971

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Verdict:

Unknown

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/e7b15f42-897f-4152-9e89-17687db58420

Result

Threat name:

SNOWLIGHT, VShell

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

troj

Score:

80 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1969686

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:

Download SVG

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

ELF

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/f0c8a0b759a6b01bf95c300056cc3618e15931573157fcb335e77c29890ac2f8

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/f0c8a0b759a6b01bf95c300056cc3618e15931573157fcb335e77c29890ac2f8/

Threat name:

Linux.Trojan.Snowlight

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-08-29 05:30:10 UTC

AV detection:

23 of 38 (60.53%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=6dekbn2zu2ybx6k4gaafntbwddqvsmkxgfl7zmzv456ctcikyl4a._file

Result

Malware family:

snowlight

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:snowlight actor:unc5174 apt discovery linux loader

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260908-chfs5sbm4x/

Behaviour

Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration

Malware Config

C2 Extraction:

192.255.236.156

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Malicious File

Score:

0.83

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/f0c8a0b759a6b01bf95c300056cc3618e15931573157fcb335e77c29890ac2f8

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	linux_generic_ipv6_catcher Create hunting rule
Author:	@_lubiedo
Description:	ELF samples using IPv6 addresses

Rule name:	Linux_Generic_Threat_3fa2df51 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	malware_SNOWLIGHT_ELF Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	Tim Brown @timb_machine
Description:	Hunts for setsockopt() red flags

Rule name:	TH_Generic_MassHunt_Linux_Malware_2026_CYFARE Create hunting rule
Author:	CYFARE
Description:	Generic Linux malware mass-hunt rule - 2026
Reference:	https://cyfare.net/

Rule name:	unixredflags3 Create hunting rule
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 f0c8a0b759a6b01bf95c300056cc3618e15931573157fcb335e77c29890ac2f8

(this sample)

Delivery method

Distributed via web download

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