Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    154s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/07/2026, 00:24

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample260701-ap2cbacz41
  • SHA256 d6840a34b3f5a407d9f6da95384cb4fd1a7c93c0a36b7e585b08a095cabfe103
  • 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:5028
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\71fd4c23d38022a0\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:1460
  • 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:3844
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding F23D24B3F13EB278BDD521173804230F C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2044
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI7589.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240678406 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4300
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:2076
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 7CD4B159A9102F020B138B9A3855C658
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3596
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:2804

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e58c6c7.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e58c6c7.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 30f0557a0fc7b07eea03cbd4b324c369518ece0e288e322c0b0effa921deb42a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI7589.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI7589.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI7589.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI7589.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI7589.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI7589.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\71fd4c23d38022a0\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 12.8MB
          • SHA256 4d7b211055474fce191063d94e28b461fddd2a45d3af0f6612e0f1971a5084f8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIC83E.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIC83E.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 0901fee1fe58d3c6b2b82c999254b70fdf52a88f6016fa3c36f8251c0eb1c4ca
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {5ea82179-9d6b-44b4-b591-ddac5563ffb8}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{20c84cf9-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{5ea82179-9d6b-44b4-b591-ddac5563ffb8}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 1f373db24afe245cfcc2cf2e5a3218f312c30b03040b34bb4d62b73184debef9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/4300-38-0x0000000004EA0000-0x0000000004F2C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4300-30-0x0000000004D70000-0x0000000004D9E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4300-34-0x0000000004D60000-0x0000000004D6A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4300-42-0x00000000050E0000-0x000000000528C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-2-0x0000000000830000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-3-0x0000000005340000-0x0000000005632000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-0-0x0000000000830000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-4-0x00000000050B0000-0x000000000513C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-8-0x0000000000830000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-7-0x0000000005BE0000-0x0000000006184000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-1-0x0000000000820000-0x0000000000828000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-6-0x0000000005160000-0x000000000530C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-5-0x0000000005140000-0x0000000005162000-memory.dmp