Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/04/2026, 12:30

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.Clientsetup.msi
  • Size 9.7MB
  • Sample260416-pps39sft9n
  • SHA256 aa7222724e5a0c8e7e573f45ea13e722c701394c6d246aa75efa0677165caa9e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 5 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Loads dropped DLL 31 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 14 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 15 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 32 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    msiexec.exe /I C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect.Clientsetup.msi
    1⤵
    • Badlisted process makes network request
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    PID:3368
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3144
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 8D72F234BBBB57800A5DD3C4556E2E1A C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2680
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI272A.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240658468 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1588
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI2C9A.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240659625 8 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.CheckMsiMotw
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3872
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI320A.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240661031 15 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.CheckMsiFileName
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4976
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:1480
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding AD2146E47D2EC5BD62D975D27577B252
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2804
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:4416

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e586b87.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e586b87.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 146bf02ced47dc22cd11ba54ab202a58f50a5b457d76cd0d0f3c5aaa62f87303
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_59E89BCE9615F2B61F2F2C691688F111

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_59E89BCE9615F2B61F2F2C691688F111
          • Size 727B
          • SHA256 f801368de12b0de0240763e831fa5146dcb0276271c6a52b941a842373097287
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          BA74182F76F15A9CF514DEF352303C95

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\BA74182F76F15A9CF514DEF352303C95
          • Size 737B
          • SHA256 ceded167756e333f15a8abc1358b63233849949a26b6d9c886924ca44480e40f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_59E89BCE9615F2B61F2F2C691688F111

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_59E89BCE9615F2B61F2F2C691688F111
          • Size 404B
          • SHA256 e307125d03d705a1386534515aac642bfdf109126d69032497045d2c2ed4b344
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          BA74182F76F15A9CF514DEF352303C95

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\BA74182F76F15A9CF514DEF352303C95
          • Size 248B
          • SHA256 d6066698be841a06d5c7c7f4c54d35adb1c7ede185a83acff009fc6dfa376288
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          rundll32.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\rundll32.exe.log
          • Size 746B
          • SHA256 76ced2c52d647683572ceac0687933e96e198b5a6f998457fa334763cc1ef978
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MSI272A.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI272A.tmp
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 cd6bccce073b2a5205840ec31c91df0d443cc57c68756de2c03e21db8e3fc157
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI272A.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI272A.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 562KB
          • SHA256 c51a2b5cb5054ec0136e332bf290c8af3392d7936b5137a07423df08ab33d264
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI272A.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 24KB
          • SHA256 432abf3a198ff64fb2c660eb06b2bb33a16cf69fd28d836cfcb65c43d37dc462
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI272A.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 10933424536d53e397f651915f862c933199c50722943c236b020787b2e8f147
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          CustomAction.config

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI2C9A.tmp-\CustomAction.config
          • Size 234B
          • SHA256 7027b69ab6ebc9f3f7d2f6c800793fde2a057b76010d8cfd831cf440371b2b23
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI2C9A.tmp-\ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 137KB
          • SHA256 528242c7745783b3b4ae72fec13bb9bd49b17b0e00f60c027351147f21fdd359
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI6CDF.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI6CDF.tmp
          • Size 202KB
          • SHA256 3cff4ac91288a0ff0c13278e73b282a64e83d089c5a61a45d483194ab336b852
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          e586b86.msi

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\e586b86.msi
          • Size 9.7MB
          • SHA256 aa7222724e5a0c8e7e573f45ea13e722c701394c6d246aa75efa0677165caa9e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 24.6MB
          • SHA256 3110e6ccab4175b67c096d32ee23c4d96c5ac5cf46dd0ff3a1083a513bb701d3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {2020f1c7-c248-4c16-9c3c-9ab50f6dd797}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{3172925f-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{2020f1c7-c248-4c16-9c3c-9ab50f6dd797}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 2467cbd01106bc70521cf88dedfec69454c6c8d1a54934d15c46849db3bfded9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1588-31-0x00000000056B0000-0x00000000056DE000-memory.dmp

          memory/1588-35-0x00000000056F0000-0x00000000056FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1588-39-0x00000000057F0000-0x0000000005884000-memory.dmp

          memory/1588-44-0x00000000061A0000-0x0000000006746000-memory.dmp

          memory/1588-43-0x0000000005A40000-0x0000000005BF0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3144-162-0x000001BADE3A0000-0x000001BADE3A9000-memory.dmp

          memory/3144-161-0x000001BADE380000-0x000001BADE38C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3368-11-0x000002951E3D0000-0x000002951E3D9000-memory.dmp

          memory/3368-10-0x000002951E3B0000-0x000002951E3BC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3368-160-0x000002951E3D0000-0x000002951E3D9000-memory.dmp

          memory/3368-159-0x000002951E3B0000-0x000002951E3BC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-76-0x00000000053E0000-0x0000000005408000-memory.dmp