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
    04/05/2026, 00:12

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 5.5MB
  • Sample260504-ahdbxaav21
  • SHA256 3ac64697f4e3c09f8d6d5ea2245e2fc902cfd7408f4e7ced5e4a66fab07cc9b1
  • 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:5608
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\d4d78080a77ed34f\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:1068
  • 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:3344
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 5B9AAB4BF309B6F80919660F421C6506 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:968
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1894.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240654546 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2424
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:5188
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 42967C181875047AD8F3A3D06DFAFAE4
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4520
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:1048

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e585223.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e585223.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 837c8f08272098125329a044943d49d607926abab616d5184423e73baef9e8f3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI1894.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1894.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1894.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1894.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1894.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1894.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.6MB
          • SHA256 da29455a64858fda773319c32c0a6cd40edbe8042ed005aa2befb8a4f0fb0522
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\d4d78080a77ed34f\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 13.0MB
          • SHA256 196219f94821a313d898a263a9b409c40d34ccbae00765c9678752592786f969
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI53AA.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI53AA.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 46aa26fa386958603c3601cac1fd76b1b5883a8845a9f763f9a7bee1c89d9748
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {72217fca-e9c9-4c8e-b95e-9fd897579f7d}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{568a4ae8-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{72217fca-e9c9-4c8e-b95e-9fd897579f7d}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 278f86265b2a30197ae46ab915b831aeb394df4af4b1b893b98ab8b5759f2775
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/968-51-0x00000000027B0000-0x0000000002825000-memory.dmp

          memory/968-94-0x00000000027B0000-0x0000000002825000-memory.dmp

          memory/1068-50-0x00000000006D0000-0x0000000000745000-memory.dmp

          memory/1068-95-0x00000000006D0000-0x0000000000745000-memory.dmp

          memory/2424-35-0x0000000002F50000-0x0000000002F5A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2424-49-0x0000000001040000-0x00000000010B5000-memory.dmp

          memory/2424-39-0x0000000003050000-0x00000000030DC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2424-31-0x0000000002F60000-0x0000000002F8E000-memory.dmp

          memory/2424-43-0x0000000005680000-0x000000000582C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4520-93-0x0000000002320000-0x0000000002395000-memory.dmp

          memory/5608-8-0x0000000003320000-0x0000000003330000-memory.dmp

          memory/5608-0-0x0000000003320000-0x0000000003330000-memory.dmp

          memory/5608-7-0x0000000006380000-0x0000000006924000-memory.dmp

          memory/5608-6-0x0000000005870000-0x0000000005A1C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5608-5-0x0000000003330000-0x0000000003352000-memory.dmp

          memory/5608-4-0x00000000057E0000-0x000000000586C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5608-3-0x0000000005AE0000-0x0000000005DD2000-memory.dmp

          memory/5608-11-0x0000000006150000-0x00000000061D7000-memory.dmp

          memory/5608-2-0x0000000003320000-0x0000000003330000-memory.dmp

          memory/5608-1-0x00000000018C0000-0x00000000018C8000-memory.dmp