Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    96s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/06/2026, 00:18

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample260602-althashw4y
  • SHA256 f1f46f5010ce1d182021e54dbd77099c94efcc23c2925bf4d777e052b84db65a
  • 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:3772
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\f653106748e0c08c\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:1108
  • 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:2280
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 72FC0C1767932ACDE8B5EC5D1C6F1B36 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5096
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI3A35.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240663250 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3468
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:3272
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding A210FA490260F078739F245317538174
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1676
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:4856

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e587309.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e587309.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 8905cf0c8db8ccc2524297c4abd04bc55a48500867d3d330ddad30f84b559cad
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI3A35.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI3A35.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI3A35.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI3A35.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI3A35.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI3A35.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\f653106748e0c08c\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 12.8MB
          • SHA256 c6c0a01f8cad3f983938cce24796209d511ef9185b4033648e81a7a5980fc016
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI752C.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI752C.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 60745b3771390ddc9cfd3c64a3379d4463f1a996a01102a69df4da0995e19f50
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {8d4d4d45-8e70-42e3-96bc-5dd8911a749e}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{a56ea927-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{8d4d4d45-8e70-42e3-96bc-5dd8911a749e}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 7e0cc5f39eacd3d78369ddb0503f683755909b91333a49d0ce698b6c5eb78ad7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3468-35-0x00000000054C0000-0x00000000054CA000-memory.dmp

          memory/3468-39-0x0000000005560000-0x00000000055EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3468-31-0x0000000005470000-0x000000000549E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3468-43-0x00000000057A0000-0x000000000594C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3772-7-0x0000000005880000-0x0000000005A2C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3772-8-0x0000000006360000-0x0000000006906000-memory.dmp

          memory/3772-6-0x0000000005860000-0x0000000005882000-memory.dmp

          memory/3772-9-0x00000000057B0000-0x00000000057C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3772-0-0x00000000057B0000-0x00000000057C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3772-5-0x00000000057C0000-0x000000000584C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3772-4-0x0000000005AC0000-0x0000000005DB2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3772-3-0x00000000057B0000-0x00000000057C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3772-2-0x00000000057B0000-0x00000000057C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3772-1-0x0000000003090000-0x0000000003098000-memory.dmp