Analysis

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

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/06/2026, 07:30

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample260601-jb4d7aex81
  • SHA256 9f9a91f3c4b9e40e090f1075e2483dd90ab041f18bcc8b15b2d57fb244b0a0cd
  • 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:956
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\24.3.7.9067\c10c2b1c564ca152\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:2036
  • 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:3620
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding AB6341C11A575347B70F265F16A4310A C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4804
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI5D0F.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240672203 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2100
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:1496
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 94084AAE74BFC22E8C353BFC5AD71297
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4128
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:1712

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e5897d7.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5897d7.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 505c7aa7e89c91ab0c059be3709dccc00d96dd3a70a3aa87ad1adf52ddea3716
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI5D0F.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI5D0F.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 0918d8ab2237368a5cec8ce99261fb07a1a1beeda20464c0f91af0fe3349636b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI5D0F.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI5D0F.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 536KB
          • SHA256 a2e9752de49d18e885cbd61b29905983d44b4bc0379a244bfabdaa3188c01f0a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI5D0F.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 d727a640723d192aa3ece213a173381682041cb28d8bd71781524dbae3ddbf62
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI5D0F.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\c10c2b1c564ca152\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 12.9MB
          • SHA256 5e5ce899355ffae5870957b81004dab9cf08722302f564bec197e0fbc4fc5cbf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI99DB.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI99DB.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 079e188e9d9a82d70ebd0b15c932c238bfff6170a14a4bf0682bd647972ee12e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {f955b054-dee8-4f82-ab75-80d2b88b1da6}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{681e74ae-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{f955b054-dee8-4f82-ab75-80d2b88b1da6}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 eca6d724c14349dc75ca1d8c80ea5f6823aaf1923542509f030a1d43238687a5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/956-5-0x00000000053F0000-0x000000000547C000-memory.dmp

          memory/956-6-0x0000000002F00000-0x0000000002F22000-memory.dmp

          memory/956-0-0x00000000012F0000-0x0000000001300000-memory.dmp

          memory/956-7-0x0000000005480000-0x000000000562A000-memory.dmp

          memory/956-9-0x00000000012F0000-0x0000000001300000-memory.dmp

          memory/956-4-0x0000000005680000-0x0000000005970000-memory.dmp

          memory/956-3-0x00000000012F0000-0x0000000001300000-memory.dmp

          memory/956-2-0x00000000012F0000-0x0000000001300000-memory.dmp

          memory/956-8-0x0000000005F20000-0x00000000064C6000-memory.dmp

          memory/956-1-0x0000000002DD0000-0x0000000002DD8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2100-31-0x0000000004B50000-0x0000000004B7E000-memory.dmp

          memory/2100-43-0x0000000004E80000-0x000000000502A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2100-39-0x0000000004C40000-0x0000000004CCC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2100-35-0x0000000004B90000-0x0000000004B9A000-memory.dmp