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Database Entry



Snowlight


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: fe32a25cfedbbe4f1f96f5bd08351bc36f5366dd943300bd1b7190da5d3331c8
SHA3-384 hash: 55580e61dc8807a82220c27a39ee6d8461c6924c2da70df648d05a8f2de63bb0954987e9b41b3476018c1f1ec0c734cd
SHA1 hash: 69b6b1b0d238d7bdf7f8cdf8c9d25633697a9796
MD5 hash: af05421e06cd230e25b6b72d0631c2ba
humanhash: undress-ceiling-nitrogen-quiet
File name:fe32a25cfedbbe4f1f96f5bd08351bc36f5366dd943300bd1b7190da5d3331c8.elf
Download: download sample
Signature Snowlight
File size:9'800 bytes
First seen:2026-09-24 21:09:36 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type: elf
MIME type:application/x-executable
ssdeep 96:GqTVJWWGXzS6zH5ML09V1J9G8Ymh+hrsrwegVekrf7mxaamBFBp8sBRnsH5vZAC:GqnWWH0ZMWT1YmshrsnurfjTr8sbnsl
TLSH T180123F47A2D0CE3FC8D9533844A7122472B794BEDF629713064915B63F427E81E6EB8B
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 SNOWLIGHT

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
75
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:
Unknown
Threat level:
  0/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
gcc golang
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
elf.64.le
First seen:
2026-09-24T10:54:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-09-24T20:43:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Status:
terminated
Behavior Graph:
%3 guuid=e57d073a-1800-0000-2abf-c689700d0000 pid=3440 /usr/bin/sudo guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3448 memfd:a net send-data write-file guuid=e57d073a-1800-0000-2abf-c689700d0000 pid=3440->guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3448 execve 4bd30cb1-95c4-5a3d-994f-b94ac1559961 116.205.137.86:3389 guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3448->4bd30cb1-95c4-5a3d-994f-b94ac1559961 send: 1464B guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3869 memfd:a guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3448->guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3869 clone guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3870 memfd:a send-data guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3448->guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3870 clone guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3872 memfd:a guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3448->guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3872 clone guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3873 memfd:a send-data guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3448->guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3873 clone guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3874 memfd:a net send-data guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3448->guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3874 clone guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3870->4bd30cb1-95c4-5a3d-994f-b94ac1559961 send: 486B guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3873->4bd30cb1-95c4-5a3d-994f-b94ac1559961 send: 101B guuid=92b16c3d-1800-0000-2abf-c689780d0000 pid=3874->4bd30cb1-95c4-5a3d-994f-b94ac1559961 send: 584B
Result
Threat name:
SNOWLIGHT, VShell
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Found malware configuration
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected SNOWLIGHT
Yara detected VShell
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Linux.Trojan.Snowlight
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-24 18:01:00 UTC
AV detection:
14 of 24 (58.33%)
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:
116.205.137.86
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 fe32a25cfedbbe4f1f96f5bd08351bc36f5366dd943300bd1b7190da5d3331c8

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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