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Database Entry



Snowlight


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f3955df52cdc963fd91bf33001f60abbeb00b39fe0a0f52dcdbac24972fe3b21
SHA3-384 hash: 46755cd88aa88960953c38856be444f6c9efc6fdf431ac4a8125abef469edbe4b203814470fdb8c67f3f8a15125ccd01
SHA1 hash: 61186819688ede13b9e21a41acd9dc11c5670ee1
MD5 hash: 7f8f00886b95131792280f389755f22e
humanhash: nebraska-five-hotel-jig
File name:f3955df52cdc963fd91bf33001f60abbeb00b39fe0a0f52dcdbac24972fe3b21.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Snowlight
File size:9'800 bytes
First seen:2026-09-08 01:28:59 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 96:GqTVJWWGXzS61H5ML09V1J9G8Ym1+hrsrwegVekrf7mxaamBFBp8sBRnsH5vZAC:GqnWWHuZMWT1YmohrsnurfjTr8sbnsl
TLSH T1AA123047A2D0CE3FC8D9573844A7122472B794BEDF629713064815B63F427E81E6EB8B
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 :
106
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
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:
2026-08-28T10:21:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-09T18:31:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=34be1739-2b00-0000-6eae-d181c4030000 pid=964 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=b3fa023e-2b00-0000-6eae-d181c7030000 pid=967 memfd:a net send-data write-file guuid=34be1739-2b00-0000-6eae-d181c4030000 pid=964->guuid=b3fa023e-2b00-0000-6eae-d181c7030000 pid=967 execve d45797f6-1c07-5732-bc6a-cdecc3e52c90 192.238.141.140:443 guuid=b3fa023e-2b00-0000-6eae-d181c7030000 pid=967->d45797f6-1c07-5732-bc6a-cdecc3e52c90 send: 958B guuid=b3fa023e-2b00-0000-6eae-d181c7030000 pid=1608 memfd:a guuid=b3fa023e-2b00-0000-6eae-d181c7030000 pid=967->guuid=b3fa023e-2b00-0000-6eae-d181c7030000 pid=1608 clone guuid=b3fa023e-2b00-0000-6eae-d181c7030000 pid=1609 memfd:a send-data guuid=b3fa023e-2b00-0000-6eae-d181c7030000 pid=967->guuid=b3fa023e-2b00-0000-6eae-d181c7030000 pid=1609 clone guuid=b3fa023e-2b00-0000-6eae-d181c7030000 pid=1610 memfd:a send-data guuid=b3fa023e-2b00-0000-6eae-d181c7030000 pid=967->guuid=b3fa023e-2b00-0000-6eae-d181c7030000 pid=1610 clone guuid=b3fa023e-2b00-0000-6eae-d181c7030000 pid=1611 memfd:a send-data guuid=b3fa023e-2b00-0000-6eae-d181c7030000 pid=967->guuid=b3fa023e-2b00-0000-6eae-d181c7030000 pid=1611 clone guuid=b3fa023e-2b00-0000-6eae-d181c7030000 pid=1609->d45797f6-1c07-5732-bc6a-cdecc3e52c90 send: 505B guuid=b3fa023e-2b00-0000-6eae-d181c7030000 pid=1610->d45797f6-1c07-5732-bc6a-cdecc3e52c90 send: 301B guuid=b3fa023e-2b00-0000-6eae-d181c7030000 pid=1611->d45797f6-1c07-5732-bc6a-cdecc3e52c90 send: 870B
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:
2026-08-28 20:28:33 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 linux loader
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
192.238.141.140
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 f3955df52cdc963fd91bf33001f60abbeb00b39fe0a0f52dcdbac24972fe3b21

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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