Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    94s
  • 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, 00:19

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 5.5MB
  • Sample260602-amfb3aaz5p
  • SHA256 4b1dff7c15d82f76d1704871e63bcc8daabc85e685640c96bd8d9add7c57857c
  • 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:2876
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\f01c7fca7b25da0b\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:4072
  • 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:6076
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 5964B330D8AA18E35308401C4987E017 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4296
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIF8B.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240652250 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5112
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:2828
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 3931C723E8C233497789E1491FFD9B2C
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1208
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:4144

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e584504.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e584504.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 bddd5e896f99bf50c4dbc7b0d60fbdb09284ee4802fafa043aa004040ab51908
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIF8B.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIF8B.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIF8B.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIF8B.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIF8B.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIF8B.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\f01c7fca7b25da0b\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 13.1MB
          • SHA256 66a8a3174dae2dd1e851eeda80e544fe87fb344aca3c31e7891678dbf49fb11c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI46E8.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI46E8.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 bd6a8c8e2ff3202ca20b27fa2aa9e4d828b3e98103e42b5f8a2e5fb5a543cb06
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {96662490-63c7-4293-aa7b-a351faea17ae}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{f71a51ab-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{96662490-63c7-4293-aa7b-a351faea17ae}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 b0bf296a40be8a27a4311092bf5c6825fa177638cbef03666704dbce3cb721bf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2876-6-0x00000000053C0000-0x000000000556C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2876-4-0x00000000052C0000-0x000000000534C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2876-8-0x00000000053B0000-0x00000000053C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2876-7-0x0000000005F60000-0x0000000006506000-memory.dmp

          memory/2876-0-0x00000000053B0000-0x00000000053C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2876-1-0x0000000001460000-0x0000000001468000-memory.dmp

          memory/2876-2-0x00000000053B0000-0x00000000053C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2876-3-0x00000000056C0000-0x00000000059B2000-memory.dmp

          memory/2876-5-0x0000000005350000-0x0000000005372000-memory.dmp

          memory/5112-42-0x00000000051C0000-0x000000000536C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5112-30-0x0000000004E20000-0x0000000004E4E000-memory.dmp

          memory/5112-34-0x0000000004E60000-0x0000000004E6A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5112-38-0x0000000004F80000-0x000000000500C000-memory.dmp

          memory/6076-87-0x0000015C6FB50000-0x0000015C70612000-memory.dmp