Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    156s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/06/2026, 00:18

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample260602-alpjcaaz3q
  • SHA256 ea7f608e0d0fe8dffbde3acfc6afdb5ad9624c31b21eaf1589c5f8f35332824e
  • 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:1652
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\ee9eaf2ee391fd0b\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:1200
  • 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:740
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 27753420166E030B3BA86B0A5D60D55E C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:872
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI46A9.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240666359 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5912
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:212
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 98FDF8469E9C33696E940386EA499170
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4928
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:2212

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e587f1f.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e587f1f.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 8ff92a0e0d25892ea535c96f7e6ee328f8b5038b4f1176d098ca99d00208d15a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI46A9.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI46A9.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI46A9.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI46A9.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI46A9.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI46A9.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\ee9eaf2ee391fd0b\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 12.8MB
          • SHA256 73ccbdb09971456352d1de612984d3dd9ee4c0a5dc56e4e19961e9938eab6d4f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI8077.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI8077.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 8e48eb64e40acee777f26e070d715052fcaff6f2a2ae0f6e6babb384dd30245e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {1658f806-549a-42f2-8850-a6ab75529423}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{12d9ef41-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{1658f806-549a-42f2-8850-a6ab75529423}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 3af666852dd31959de84c46a1e3f896b7bb6864373b30f7a8cad0903db1967fa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1652-9-0x0000000005580000-0x0000000005590000-memory.dmp

          memory/1652-8-0x0000000006120000-0x00000000066C4000-memory.dmp

          memory/1652-7-0x0000000005640000-0x00000000057EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1652-0-0x0000000005580000-0x0000000005590000-memory.dmp

          memory/1652-6-0x0000000005620000-0x0000000005642000-memory.dmp

          memory/1652-5-0x0000000005590000-0x000000000561C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1652-4-0x0000000005880000-0x0000000005B72000-memory.dmp

          memory/1652-2-0x0000000005580000-0x0000000005590000-memory.dmp

          memory/1652-3-0x0000000005580000-0x0000000005590000-memory.dmp

          memory/1652-1-0x0000000001650000-0x0000000001658000-memory.dmp

          memory/5912-31-0x0000000005360000-0x000000000538E000-memory.dmp

          memory/5912-43-0x0000000005700000-0x00000000058AC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5912-35-0x00000000053A0000-0x00000000053AA000-memory.dmp

          memory/5912-39-0x00000000054C0000-0x000000000554C000-memory.dmp