Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    134s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    22/05/2026, 17:54

General

  • Target
    _f7898482ead6490a59c2e3838cb63c9ed7f7a867c5a0ab37686c01c13503d180.exe
  • Size 12.2MB
  • Sample260522-wg4claev41
  • SHA256 f7898482ead6490a59c2e3838cb63c9ed7f7a867c5a0ab37686c01c13503d180
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 3 IoCs

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

  • Sets service image path in registry 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    This determines the executable launched when a service starts. It can be used to establish persistence.

  • ConnectWise ScreenConnect remote access tool

    ConnectWise ScreenConnect is a remote desktop tool that can be used as a backdoor.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

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

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Suspicious Windows Authentication Registry Modification.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 16 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 13 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 42 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 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.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 13 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 37 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 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\_f7898482ead6490a59c2e3838cb63c9ed7f7a867c5a0ab37686c01c13503d180.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_f7898482ead6490a59c2e3838cb63c9ed7f7a867c5a0ab37686c01c13503d180.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3752
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\26.1.24.9579\0ae1ec3379e83673\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi" SC_EXE_PATH="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_f7898482ead6490a59c2e3838cb63c9ed7f7a867c5a0ab37686c01c13503d180.exe"
      2⤵
      • Badlisted process makes network request
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:1072
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package
    • 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:1864
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 2A254C19B1DD5789C79FAB0EC8DD0557 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3032
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI970B.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240687000 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5096
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI9A19.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240687656 10 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.CheckMsiMotw
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1224
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIA68E.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240690828 17 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.CheckMsiFileName
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:744
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:4540
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 03C3B45C46C7EA643CFD74BB8FC03B77
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3472
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding A56DA2AD0D1AACDD8B07A389D27AE1C8 E Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4584
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:4716
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (0ae1ec3379e83673)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (0ae1ec3379e83673)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe" "?e=Access&y=Guest&h=instance-qhasxd-relay.screenconnect.com&p=443&s=6508bf39-5d2f-456c-ac7a-9be4d66ced35&k=BgIAAACkAABSU0ExAAgAAAEAAQCZK8%2fkfUnPQ19bOwMrODzr59WG%2bFm%2fTnIJMhG%2b4B6nvp4quKZP8KbduFyUrY9qTv0UqZG%2falv2i%2bX0n%2fPF3E0SMbC4l8eSvVgvAp03Um4Nzri8ajCs1bPvw5suJ1R%2f5WU4qgpTIgMxe8DuPuUxfeQcEXzEhlOgX6HKAHccdZEM0TsK4M%2fjmn6AMfAfQ9jxSx1ZrsNdpJVqYfoDbxrxgp6IYo3K8%2frltwgzebao1p4tRhxUjFn%2b%2f%2b7DEFHsfydEcx9MZvbCZl%2bsvfTlc1TDrJlWzwWcbVqPK%2byEUML11v7mSsxpSWizj1yX7msGLsy3svsOsGcBwz6O6y0zD3WnseTQ"
      1⤵
      • Sets service image path in registry
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4388
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (0ae1ec3379e83673)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (0ae1ec3379e83673)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "e5b6efe8-ddbe-4c9f-8133-5752865e44a7" "User"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        PID:5096
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (0ae1ec3379e83673)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (0ae1ec3379e83673)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "88972704-ec9f-4cb6-ad1a-118610d4fbc3" "System"
        2⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:1068

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e58ebb4.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e58ebb4.rbs
          • Size 214KB
          • SHA256 ec4611cc7fe712b85994faed4b69487af0cef089d2222c447b9a642e25b5e6f0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.en-US.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (0ae1ec3379e83673)\Client.en-US.resources
          • Size 64KB
          • SHA256 efdb0b4fcc38b52cbf72336bd107a814db8454003f3495de21e2026a148823ea
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (0ae1ec3379e83673)\Client.resources
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 bd34378ad99f7609fa0c7c8edde6337c738a61d288863015629329806a1cc728
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Client.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (0ae1ec3379e83673)\ScreenConnect.Client.dll
          • Size 411KB
          • SHA256 28ff8468ad2db8b41fe9d9a2971dd56fea0aecad14808fe4b31c9b1072d3b129
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (0ae1ec3379e83673)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll
          • Size 90KB
          • SHA256 9cf2c77df0a1a1e854ec1bbc6940d96f508bfb4b0555a07657c77314803a717e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (0ae1ec3379e83673)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
          • Size 93KB
          • SHA256 01341bd42426c3d110136cc94433df00dbad690a56593f7cca41a93f698f214a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (0ae1ec3379e83673)\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 572KB
          • SHA256 92e831159d5e9f2676241ab7ce80060a0b1dc34684f83797aec93b3ecff41139
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (0ae1ec3379e83673)\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 2292aac48ad575c6d1ed99c862e3408e254db34b8fea50cf3594aa08f3e875d0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (0ae1ec3379e83673)\ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll
          • Size 254KB
          • SHA256 a5b8f0070201e4f26260af6a25941ea38bd7042aefd48cd68b9acf951fa99ee5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (0ae1ec3379e83673)\ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll
          • Size 838KB
          • SHA256 3fa1fe4a588015cc94eceb06867f16a5e562293139fbf6b36bde21dba478968d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          system.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (0ae1ec3379e83673)\system.config
          • Size 974B
          • SHA256 8e4f23fde61493da990fecec2dbd474e0e80f3fdcf663f6d105333c116f8e230
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_59E89BCE9615F2B61F2F2C691688F111

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_59E89BCE9615F2B61F2F2C691688F111
          • Size 727B
          • SHA256 db45de11777396930ea2828b05991a8f2f5465edbf277aa424eda3d9aa1b5bb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
          • Size 727B
          • SHA256 c04b8193f1086a50fa10d0f85d1881b1661d91a72fa253ef62efbbfc3b4351f2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_59E89BCE9615F2B61F2F2C691688F111

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_59E89BCE9615F2B61F2F2C691688F111
          • Size 404B
          • SHA256 d787d931c52d4c2b8ff0ab0af72fede0bf40deee8015d5dda6d73a9dbb605ada
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
          • Size 412B
          • SHA256 47e9cd47f324279b457de36aef0e82a379807cc760b5a8acae5be9003d8923a9
          • 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 ddebb6b1094dbef9e96754a74ebd4761d857864c9bd0b5f20a97259a6d7c8fe0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MSI970B.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI970B.tmp
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 cd6bccce073b2a5205840ec31c91df0d443cc57c68756de2c03e21db8e3fc157
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI970B.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI970B.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 562KB
          • SHA256 c51a2b5cb5054ec0136e332bf290c8af3392d7936b5137a07423df08ab33d264
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI970B.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 24KB
          • SHA256 432abf3a198ff64fb2c660eb06b2bb33a16cf69fd28d836cfcb65c43d37dc462
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI970B.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 10933424536d53e397f651915f862c933199c50722943c236b020787b2e8f147
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          CustomAction.config

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI9A19.tmp-\CustomAction.config
          • Size 234B
          • SHA256 7027b69ab6ebc9f3f7d2f6c800793fde2a057b76010d8cfd831cf440371b2b23
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI9A19.tmp-\ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 137KB
          • SHA256 528242c7745783b3b4ae72fec13bb9bd49b17b0e00f60c027351147f21fdd359
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\26.1.24.9579\0ae1ec3379e83673\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 9.7MB
          • SHA256 255dcf87e649f8d3dd21222ef1aa93c5682284990915b0bafa65fc4ed97f9637
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIEDD7.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIEDD7.tmp
          • Size 202KB
          • SHA256 3cff4ac91288a0ff0c13278e73b282a64e83d089c5a61a45d483194ab336b852
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1224-88-0x0000000002760000-0x0000000002788000-memory.dmp

          memory/3752-2-0x00000000034C0000-0x00000000034D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3752-0-0x00000000034C0000-0x00000000034D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3752-3-0x00000000019C0000-0x00000000019CC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3752-4-0x00000000059C0000-0x0000000005A54000-memory.dmp

          memory/3752-6-0x0000000005A80000-0x0000000005C30000-memory.dmp

          memory/3752-11-0x00000000034C0000-0x00000000034D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3752-10-0x00000000034C0000-0x00000000034D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3752-9-0x00000000034C0000-0x00000000034D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3752-1-0x0000000001990000-0x0000000001998000-memory.dmp

          memory/3752-8-0x0000000005D20000-0x0000000005DB2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3752-5-0x0000000005A50000-0x0000000005A78000-memory.dmp

          memory/3752-7-0x00000000061E0000-0x0000000006784000-memory.dmp

          memory/4388-179-0x00000000039E0000-0x0000000003B90000-memory.dmp

          memory/4388-187-0x0000000003830000-0x0000000003880000-memory.dmp

          memory/4388-192-0x0000000003880000-0x00000000038EA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4388-169-0x0000000001100000-0x000000000111A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4388-175-0x0000000003790000-0x0000000003824000-memory.dmp

          memory/4388-197-0x0000000003730000-0x0000000003771000-memory.dmp

          memory/4388-199-0x0000000003D70000-0x0000000003E45000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-56-0x00000000053A0000-0x0000000005550000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-52-0x0000000002DE0000-0x0000000002E74000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-48-0x0000000002CF0000-0x0000000002CFC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-44-0x0000000002D10000-0x0000000002D3E000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-206-0x0000000000480000-0x000000000052A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-207-0x000000001C6D0000-0x000000001C73A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-208-0x000000001CAC0000-0x000000001CB54000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-209-0x000000001CD10000-0x000000001CEC0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-210-0x000000001D050000-0x000000001D1D6000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-212-0x00000000024E0000-0x00000000024FA000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-211-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000BFA000-memory.dmp