Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    155s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    03/05/2026, 12:17

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 5.5MB
  • Sample260503-pf91escs2n
  • SHA256 5a5fcb68bc9955698ede325d9b13cad4d7c3cd78b328373994910ccc99fc0777
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Signed with revoked ConnectWise certificate 1 IoCs

    Binary is signed using a ConnectWise certificate revoked for key compromise.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Loads dropped DLL 11 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 17 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 11 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • 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 5 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

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

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4552
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\24.3.7.9067\2439ff59bf8ed0fa\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:5832
  • 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:5408
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 7C9ACC6515C70833BA4CAF3C89244E49 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5460
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI147D.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240653562 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4396
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:3608
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding F567443A6D18D48E0CF246E3EE00EBB1
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4972
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:3788

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e58507d.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e58507d.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 96241b0880dca424af90d204e969060815bae9fad2a50c8bcf6a23bd41101b0f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI147D.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI147D.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 0918d8ab2237368a5cec8ce99261fb07a1a1beeda20464c0f91af0fe3349636b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI147D.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI147D.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 536KB
          • SHA256 a2e9752de49d18e885cbd61b29905983d44b4bc0379a244bfabdaa3188c01f0a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI147D.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 d727a640723d192aa3ece213a173381682041cb28d8bd71781524dbae3ddbf62
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI147D.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.6MB
          • SHA256 84a09ed81afc5ff9a17f81763c044c82a2d9e26f852de528112153ee9ab041d0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\24.3.7.9067\2439ff59bf8ed0fa\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 13.1MB
          • SHA256 7ddf9ea16c79d3706a3bd6941d7e5214681594a00cf5db98b99dd15b9545373a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI51E5.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI51E5.tmp
          • Size 202KB
          • SHA256 3cff4ac91288a0ff0c13278e73b282a64e83d089c5a61a45d483194ab336b852
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 24.1MB
          • SHA256 2f7108ab921a131637d4c1134dc3f8bdb0755b1b0a3a7accd77814ddd57ad016
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {0361b171-11dd-469c-be22-37fa9dc8d276}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{568a4ae8-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{0361b171-11dd-469c-be22-37fa9dc8d276}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 21ee45c054f2fba4d2c46b34bf3ad51430b749e48519008f708b4a8106451613
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3608-91-0x0000021179620000-0x00000211796C9000-memory.dmp

          memory/3788-49-0x0000022428BE0000-0x0000022428C89000-memory.dmp

          memory/4396-42-0x0000000004E60000-0x000000000500A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4396-38-0x0000000004C20000-0x0000000004CAC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4396-34-0x0000000004B70000-0x0000000004B7A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4396-30-0x0000000004B30000-0x0000000004B5E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4552-4-0x0000000005900000-0x000000000598C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4552-7-0x00000000065A0000-0x0000000006B44000-memory.dmp

          memory/4552-0-0x00000000059F0000-0x0000000005A00000-memory.dmp

          memory/4552-6-0x0000000005A00000-0x0000000005BAA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4552-5-0x00000000059A0000-0x00000000059C2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4552-8-0x00000000059F0000-0x0000000005A00000-memory.dmp

          memory/4552-3-0x0000000005D00000-0x0000000005FF0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4552-2-0x00000000059F0000-0x0000000005A00000-memory.dmp

          memory/4552-1-0x0000000003290000-0x0000000003298000-memory.dmp

          memory/5408-48-0x000002D510630000-0x000002D5106DC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5408-92-0x000002D510630000-0x000002D5106DC000-memory.dmp