Analysis

  • max time kernel
    121s
  • max time network
    140s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260617-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260617-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/06/2026, 12:59

General

  • Target
    _ff7ef7b89256ee681d76c7369f4619003e0e77f5e32fa0e18a09ae45a8e98843.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample260620-p8a2sse16k
  • SHA256 ff7ef7b89256ee681d76c7369f4619003e0e77f5e32fa0e18a09ae45a8e98843
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • 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 48 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 15 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 64 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 56 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • 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\_ff7ef7b89256ee681d76c7369f4619003e0e77f5e32fa0e18a09ae45a8e98843.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_ff7ef7b89256ee681d76c7369f4619003e0e77f5e32fa0e18a09ae45a8e98843.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5568
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\a5d5706c2dd18f96\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1424
  • 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 SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:6112
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 9CE0017DC7CA04F581EE800175408DAE C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4084
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIFE41.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240713437 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:6084
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:3884
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding BB7515523841B028EC7F6980491078C9
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4524
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:2068
    • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
      sihost.exe
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4936
      • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
        explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
        2⤵
        • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:2136
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
      1⤵
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:5864
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
      1⤵
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4540

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e5944ff.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5944ff.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 24aaa824ed3ef7beef9c38537fd25314891c89049ad9525fa17b7ccf1f73011c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
          • Size 599B
          • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MSIFE41.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIFE41.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIFE41.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIFE41.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIFE41.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIFE41.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\a5d5706c2dd18f96\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 9.5MB
          • SHA256 5d5ec75a0a5a66e63904f606f0b7e57a9269822ab36e58432ace0b324ce2b361
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI4A5E.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI4A5E.tmp
          • Size 202KB
          • SHA256 3cff4ac91288a0ff0c13278e73b282a64e83d089c5a61a45d483194ab336b852
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 26.1MB
          • SHA256 3d08353e6c8b9b8d35940b4c4e6176d8f90f548a546d5f3f8da33bc1fd845dcf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {a5d7ba87-5727-47ff-ad59-7acc29f4ce57}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{d164085c-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{a5d7ba87-5727-47ff-ad59-7acc29f4ce57}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 061137eaf7d6608cc0b1e94b81a6faeae364601e433df673d5d773d816c28f31
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/4540-281-0x0000016BFC200000-0x0000016BFC634000-memory.dmp

          memory/5568-1-0x00000000017C0000-0x00000000017C8000-memory.dmp

          memory/5568-4-0x00000000750A0000-0x000000007585C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5568-13-0x00000000750A0000-0x000000007585C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5568-3-0x0000000005750000-0x00000000057DC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5568-7-0x00000000750A0000-0x000000007585C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5568-0-0x00000000750B2000-0x00000000750B3000-memory.dmp

          memory/5568-10-0x00000000750A0000-0x000000007585C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5568-9-0x00000000750A0000-0x000000007585C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5568-8-0x0000000006460000-0x0000000006A1A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5568-2-0x0000000005BB0000-0x0000000005EA2000-memory.dmp

          memory/5568-6-0x00000000058B0000-0x0000000005A5C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5568-5-0x00000000057E0000-0x0000000005802000-memory.dmp

          memory/5864-154-0x0000025F13F70000-0x0000025F13F90000-memory.dmp

          memory/5864-106-0x0000025F5FEC0000-0x0000025F5FFC0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5864-134-0x0000025F03700000-0x0000025F03720000-memory.dmp

          memory/5864-124-0x0000025F03BB0000-0x0000025F03CB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5864-122-0x0000025F03990000-0x0000025F039B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/6084-44-0x00000000063E0000-0x000000000658C000-memory.dmp

          memory/6084-40-0x00000000061A0000-0x000000000622C000-memory.dmp

          memory/6084-36-0x00000000040B0000-0x00000000040BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/6084-32-0x00000000040C0000-0x00000000040EE000-memory.dmp