Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    97s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    11/05/2026, 11:26

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample260511-nj2msagv2w
  • SHA256 29b84ba0678e99da095d58abcdaa08412d4532c1fd1b0f9eb27ce9c36197e830
  • 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.

  • 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 15 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 15 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⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:692
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\036c5dcb409037ee\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:3440
  • 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:1160
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding D40CDDACF46F1ECB6697B1634A464A55 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2272
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1930.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240654703 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2668
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:4080
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding C4469AB2EB8B5956F22A675EE8192C62
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2984
    • 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

          e584c18.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e584c18.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 ce040abc11b82ade7c35eeabd44bc4e585af6d2efe13ac4b1cdb109205c47116
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI1930.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1930.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1930.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1930.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1930.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1930.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\036c5dcb409037ee\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 9.5MB
          • SHA256 29a8ebc7437c5ce24ed5c5ebb716d799086595eeb8fa955fd101c308e09bd37a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI4D8F.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI4D8F.tmp
          • Size 202KB
          • SHA256 3cff4ac91288a0ff0c13278e73b282a64e83d089c5a61a45d483194ab336b852
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 24.6MB
          • SHA256 3386e497d2067c94ab91a68b66c31bd8c4815c10b86787c7bc4d112f83bedabb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {604fe0ae-5207-43b2-af07-4069086ecfe3}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{8f991d9f-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{604fe0ae-5207-43b2-af07-4069086ecfe3}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 ef85d2065e001e8a556e638a0d787b4efee90cd83dd3b055c911e73ca83b5448
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/692-8-0x0000000005B80000-0x0000000005B90000-memory.dmp

          memory/692-1-0x00000000032E0000-0x00000000032E8000-memory.dmp

          memory/692-2-0x0000000005B80000-0x0000000005B90000-memory.dmp

          memory/692-0-0x0000000005B80000-0x0000000005B90000-memory.dmp

          memory/692-11-0x00000000058E0000-0x0000000005A2D000-memory.dmp

          memory/692-7-0x0000000006730000-0x0000000006CD6000-memory.dmp

          memory/692-3-0x0000000005E90000-0x0000000006182000-memory.dmp

          memory/692-6-0x0000000005B90000-0x0000000005D3C000-memory.dmp

          memory/692-5-0x0000000005AD0000-0x0000000005AF2000-memory.dmp

          memory/692-4-0x0000000005A30000-0x0000000005ABC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1160-51-0x000001CBE73F0000-0x000001CBE7B9E000-memory.dmp

          memory/1160-93-0x000001CBE73F0000-0x000001CBE7B9E000-memory.dmp

          memory/2272-52-0x0000000002D40000-0x0000000002E8D000-memory.dmp

          memory/2272-91-0x0000000002D40000-0x0000000002E8D000-memory.dmp

          memory/2668-49-0x0000000002220000-0x000000000236D000-memory.dmp

          memory/2668-43-0x0000000004EA0000-0x000000000504C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2668-39-0x0000000002870000-0x00000000028FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2668-35-0x00000000027A0000-0x00000000027AA000-memory.dmp

          memory/2668-31-0x00000000027B0000-0x00000000027DE000-memory.dmp

          memory/2984-90-0x0000000002E40000-0x0000000002F8D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3440-92-0x00000000027A0000-0x00000000028ED000-memory.dmp

          memory/3440-50-0x00000000027A0000-0x00000000028ED000-memory.dmp

          memory/4080-94-0x000001C5217D0000-0x000001C521F7E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4080-97-0x000001C5217D0000-0x000001C521F7E000-memory.dmp