Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    30/05/2026, 18:09

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 5.8MB
  • Sample260530-wref8aaw3w
  • SHA256 d560bf1a31da7108b897ff9419f83a0cc54d511c4121020bd1102b1b8566b159
  • 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 17 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:4820
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\ba2063ff38f83d7a\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:2076
  • 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:3948
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding E5C942DD9409858A4B82D2DD0A8BDCF4 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1448
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI2219.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240656984 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:444
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:3176
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 919478CF692D40F367B669973FA6835B
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2636
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:4152

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e584dde.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e584dde.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 0e929f3ad5485234487efeca519720354eb08acc36ce29b6ec50c294f7b7874e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI2219.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI2219.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI2219.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI2219.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI2219.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI2219.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\ba2063ff38f83d7a\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 14.0MB
          • SHA256 3a58dff1ddd2732ff23fe50d8bc03469274a27bf2cd7d96fef62eb7eb7e9aa29
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI4F83.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI4F83.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 fe47c241d731dfc7a14b9a77c2a51f5568b8d95647c24869ef7235be2d01eb4e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {8e03fbe6-551b-409a-963d-dcb427f29242}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{8b022b51-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{8e03fbe6-551b-409a-963d-dcb427f29242}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 2aa71abab8c6f0578745b5529509f721115909a69ffe36e7479bbccc5bb6ef01
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/444-38-0x0000000004F20000-0x0000000004FAC000-memory.dmp

          memory/444-34-0x0000000004DD0000-0x0000000004DDA000-memory.dmp

          memory/444-42-0x0000000005160000-0x000000000530C000-memory.dmp

          memory/444-30-0x0000000004DE0000-0x0000000004E0E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4820-3-0x0000000005CF0000-0x0000000005FE2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4820-2-0x00000000059E0000-0x00000000059F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4820-5-0x00000000059A0000-0x00000000059C2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4820-0-0x00000000059E0000-0x00000000059F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4820-4-0x0000000005A60000-0x0000000005AEC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4820-8-0x00000000059E0000-0x00000000059F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4820-1-0x0000000001B80000-0x0000000001B88000-memory.dmp

          memory/4820-7-0x0000000006590000-0x0000000006B36000-memory.dmp

          memory/4820-6-0x0000000005AF0000-0x0000000005C9C000-memory.dmp