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Database Entry


Snowlight


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: fa50aa6afa039945c0341eab4ddad5497bf79e63c5dfa39629df80d9ea9f267b
SHA3-384 hash: 20a0b32ed472d3e445ea073f2f15fe419108775fe2d56b6fa02a6da4793771083a7e9b4e33bc427a9f0692ac16c2454a
SHA1 hash: c46c75e3e92381fb4cc287800b6a7bd1b1110e86
MD5 hash: aa1179b7778f29d6938b32ec9a68954d
humanhash: freddie-florida-hot-may
File name:fa50aa6afa039945c0341eab4ddad5497bf79e63c5dfa39629df80d9ea9f267b.elf
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Signature Snowlight
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File size:9'800 bytes
First seen:2026-11-07 00:44:51 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 96:GqTVJWWGXzS6WH5ML09V1J9G8YmJH+hrsrwegVekrf7mxaamBFBp8sBRnsH5vZAC:GqnWWHJZMWT1YmYhrsnurfjTr8sbnsl
TLSH T1D5124047A2D0CE3FC8D953384467122472B394BEDF629713064915B53F423E81E2EB9B
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 :
76
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
Unix.Downloader.Generic-10032902-0
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Verdict:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc golang
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6aee74ad4bb98029c6882be8/reports/e16cd07a-7fb7-4e46-b2fd-ad49313d24b0/overview
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?
true
Remote TCP ports scanned:
not identified
Full report:
https://elfdigest.com/brief/fa50aa6afa039945c0341eab4ddad5497bf79e63c5dfa39629df80d9ea9f267b
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/fa50aa6afa039945c0341eab4ddad5497bf79e63c5dfa39629df80d9ea9f267b/results?tab=lookup
Status:
terminated
Link:
https://sandbox.kunai.rocks/analysis/182cc88e-c3fb-4578-a0b1-eef38e177b97
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
%3 guuid=f4260d77-1b00-0000-fff1-df33b7090000 pid=2487 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=0aaddc79-1b00-0000-fff1-df33be090000 pid=2494 memfd:a net send-data write-file guuid=f4260d77-1b00-0000-fff1-df33b7090000 pid=2487->guuid=0aaddc79-1b00-0000-fff1-df33be090000 pid=2494 execve a22826e7-9f30-58d9-91ae-032b00fd0b60 38.45.125.99:8084 guuid=0aaddc79-1b00-0000-fff1-df33be090000 pid=2494->a22826e7-9f30-58d9-91ae-032b00fd0b60 send: 40B guuid=0aaddc79-1b00-0000-fff1-df33be090000 pid=3034 memfd:a guuid=0aaddc79-1b00-0000-fff1-df33be090000 pid=2494->guuid=0aaddc79-1b00-0000-fff1-df33be090000 pid=3034 clone guuid=0aaddc79-1b00-0000-fff1-df33be090000 pid=3035 memfd:a guuid=0aaddc79-1b00-0000-fff1-df33be090000 pid=2494->guuid=0aaddc79-1b00-0000-fff1-df33be090000 pid=3035 clone guuid=0aaddc79-1b00-0000-fff1-df33be090000 pid=3036 memfd:a guuid=0aaddc79-1b00-0000-fff1-df33be090000 pid=2494->guuid=0aaddc79-1b00-0000-fff1-df33be090000 pid=3036 clone guuid=0aaddc79-1b00-0000-fff1-df33be090000 pid=3039 memfd:a guuid=0aaddc79-1b00-0000-fff1-df33be090000 pid=2494->guuid=0aaddc79-1b00-0000-fff1-df33be090000 pid=3039 clone guuid=0aaddc79-1b00-0000-fff1-df33be090000 pid=3040 memfd:a guuid=0aaddc79-1b00-0000-fff1-df33be090000 pid=2494->guuid=0aaddc79-1b00-0000-fff1-df33be090000 pid=3040 clone
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/89443195-1e3f-4118-8178-775114e57f24
Result
Threat name:
SNOWLIGHT, VShell
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
88 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/2000255
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/fa50aa6afa039945c0341eab4ddad5497bf79e63c5dfa39629df80d9ea9f267b/
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Snowlight
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-11-07 01:10:59 UTC
File Type:
ELF64 Little (Exe)
AV detection:
24 of 38 (63.16%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=7jiku2x2aomulqbud2vu3wwvjf57phtdyxp2hfrj36ant2u7ez5q._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/261107-a3721svsaz/
Behaviour
Enumerates kernel/hardware configuration
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
38.45.125.99
Malware Family:
vshell
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Malicious:
True
Tags:
64bits elf detect-debug-environment
Link:
https://intel.virussign.com/intelligence/file/fa50aa6afa039945c0341eab4ddad5497bf79e63c5dfa39629df80d9ea9f267b
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Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
0.86
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/fa50aa6afa039945c0341eab4ddad5497bf79e63c5dfa39629df80d9ea9f267b

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 fa50aa6afa039945c0341eab4ddad5497bf79e63c5dfa39629df80d9ea9f267b

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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