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
    02/06/2026, 02:01

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample260602-cfpy2abs61
  • SHA256 374d7a229f92adb4925b662bec83206c16a7233ff64c0a5d58428d02f4420d3a
  • 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:3844
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.3.2.9271\897b7a8ce83b13fd\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:2548
  • 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:1300
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding F5B1DCC73DE0D438A11F8FBDE88E0328 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1280
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI4FB1.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240668734 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4696
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:2872
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 0986C5985419027D47360A5F812FF440
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1020
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:2928

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e589537.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e589537.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 1e31733e47345167bdef4c8e91eb875576039ece05700ebb4c86f4c3d5a8c2fc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI4FB1.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI4FB1.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 64ddf83b4acb09b518518e07a8ffd0446d256ff842c113efa1cdb6378fdf1018
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI4FB1.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI4FB1.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 539KB
          • SHA256 51d9dcd755a424b8b3122350bbcc02d453880c39636fb1e0265084161afca983
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI4FB1.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 8f4a00b34720f19b0e67dc957085ad1986e58bb16a1abcc580dab21bcd61382d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI4FB1.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.6MB
          • SHA256 602a640e2d9f94acfe47d3946f7dd088992431e24b670d40233e1ae6e9e270ad
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.3.2.9271\897b7a8ce83b13fd\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 12.9MB
          • SHA256 c6707a1ac8b196c5cbd0f68df58e465e987da561dd277d8988f34ea4e8d0fbcc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI96DD.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI96DD.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 5fbe57dc95cd276951355b41c5f6f0794569cf555cf27ac092d16f4e81a89d71
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {f3e754d0-c7a5-4505-b916-c8876f02bca1}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{0dc89376-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{f3e754d0-c7a5-4505-b916-c8876f02bca1}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 47187d23d6d0335ef413b65db20d38b695cf43d6e627527eccec309f9ecaf070
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3844-9-0x0000000005680000-0x0000000005690000-memory.dmp

          memory/3844-7-0x00000000056B0000-0x000000000585C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3844-3-0x0000000005680000-0x0000000005690000-memory.dmp

          memory/3844-5-0x00000000055E0000-0x000000000566E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3844-2-0x0000000005680000-0x0000000005690000-memory.dmp

          memory/3844-6-0x0000000005690000-0x00000000056B2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3844-4-0x0000000005990000-0x0000000005C82000-memory.dmp

          memory/3844-1-0x0000000002FF0000-0x0000000002FF8000-memory.dmp

          memory/3844-0-0x0000000005680000-0x0000000005690000-memory.dmp

          memory/3844-8-0x0000000006230000-0x00000000067D6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4696-35-0x0000000002A20000-0x0000000002A2A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4696-43-0x00000000050A0000-0x000000000524C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4696-39-0x0000000004E60000-0x0000000004EEE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4696-31-0x0000000002A50000-0x0000000002A7E000-memory.dmp