Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    145s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260706-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260706-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/07/2026, 00:14

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 12.2MB
  • Sample260707-ajp24abs7m
  • SHA256 a69829ef306ba3cc25ac1539018cad3cee77ed3c886ed31af1ba1b08a4c310ad
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 1 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Sets service image path in registry 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    This determines the executable launched when a service starts. It can be used to establish persistence.

  • ConnectWise ScreenConnect remote access tool

    ConnectWise ScreenConnect is a remote desktop tool that can be used as a backdoor.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

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

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Suspicious Windows Authentication Registry Modification.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 9 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 16 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 17 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 42 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 13 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 37 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 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:828
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\26.4.3.9662\babc3348e9e8859f\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi" SC_EXE_PATH="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1964
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package
    • 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:752
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 8C7BEA44DC1349AC55B00F8F89600BA9 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:700
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI261C.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240723812 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4192
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI2B5D.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240724859 10 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.CheckMsiMotw
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:984
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI3214.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240726718 17 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.CheckMsiFileName
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1700
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 34FBD7A7CE484F5D7356589C79381FD5
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3384
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 60ECDF4A2BB42B41114D926D4C1BE8FA E Global\MSI0000
      2⤵
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1956
  • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    1⤵
      PID:4704
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe" "?e=Access&y=Guest&h=instance-luenyh-relay.screenconnect.com&p=443&s=0f7ef4b6-06ef-4ffd-99fc-eadddfe2eb51&k=BgIAAACkAABSU0ExAAgAAAEAAQDB0nSZdAy5rj8TIQNptGovKHK7dMZwKHSW3uSSqAz6TjJ4YA5DdPX50EnoeDUneu8VPGrGechfPU%2b1khhVqJ8vEa2DIW8i8MBQV0hbovmSCvktG0IOVPOFCnujfMqs13t0P5Wd7NqBXNbTYBSFqfA%2bBk0ckxBkITvEam0VXeqifEtpmoLCBlXaseRjfu9cxi0BvpVJExvO20uVJJNm80TWtXDU45BUg8fizPYkO7cBYOpRbBglN1mRIPRL3ZSdnqbxXatTdmn7R%2fAgRsb97Ajs57qB3nJf9jw2ig%2figgBktzDHvjMR%2byl5NkiddZjPlpFpo%2bX%2fO%2f6uRkAX0Jt1oazM"
      1⤵
      • Sets service image path in registry
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5224
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "e9611ce9-8eea-4062-8791-e06303d179de" "User"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        PID:3396
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "9c32cb36-3db1-48f4-bcc2-a5911e540189" "System"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:3532

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e5936a7.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5936a7.rbs
          • Size 214KB
          • SHA256 218a8980b11cb12cc93c2b04572c17fd3d92b43a4343ff2254da789706e3fd99
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.en-US.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\Client.en-US.resources
          • Size 64KB
          • SHA256 a90983b3d26f9e6bb472663b84d13254349f62b0ad4c667fd76b3edd270240b2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\Client.resources
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 bd34378ad99f7609fa0c7c8edde6337c738a61d288863015629329806a1cc728
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Client.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\ScreenConnect.Client.dll
          • Size 412KB
          • SHA256 4010ea184982e71ad71e76b43266488c954f665324b89ef042cea9e463a60c9d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll
          • Size 91KB
          • SHA256 6e6aa42b107d3e82b7b7dc18a75eee3f09e9f268788c0a7edbbc617152adf178
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
          • Size 93KB
          • SHA256 a94ecccb5b88e3860d619fbb3b87ff4af6448240ab65b89d610f348d75e793f2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 577KB
          • SHA256 eedbd9ba4755f238af397c71b575082e18a31eabacc22abb4949f92fe991e169
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 305663a05c77c8058569a976db740aa2f20b66583f0381059633b628376570fc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll
          • Size 254KB
          • SHA256 a5b8f0070201e4f26260af6a25941ea38bd7042aefd48cd68b9acf951fa99ee5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
          • Size 676KB
          • SHA256 f49ca44ae19ec33053d76aeca7136193095b6583888a0be063b8120c3c9226c7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config
          • Size 266B
          • SHA256 87c640d3184c17d3b446a72d5f13d643a774b4ecc7afbedfd4e8da7795ea8077
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll
          • Size 837KB
          • SHA256 ce75ee1188726b49d46477166faac6f8715ca1aa4afc5b8a687fcbfcd541c0c2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          system.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\system.config
          • Size 960B
          • SHA256 b3ec11feca44f800dfb78a956251df36068b8901c437fbc7053579d17d48e6cc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MSI261C.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI261C.tmp
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 18bacfd2a7c95800b6279cb8731bf03c8bbb526f5bc3790254a8e06d7ceee8ad
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI261C.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI261C.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 567KB
          • SHA256 15fec18d3a8990cdb540897ede61227353165668048c001164fcd22233cc8390
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI261C.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 24KB
          • SHA256 c1142cc3ae09a7d3b5392539c29cbeb585543a38c93e37e55d82cbe0bb56d588
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI261C.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 ae3005e1ca932eccde09c479fde2ecf8ea2feeb908dec4f0c830eab671276454
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          CustomAction.config

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI2B5D.tmp-\CustomAction.config
          • Size 234B
          • SHA256 7027b69ab6ebc9f3f7d2f6c800793fde2a057b76010d8cfd831cf440371b2b23
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI2B5D.tmp-\ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 137KB
          • SHA256 7c27380976a5befc5a947e129eb464123f46d06cf0eb7f984ced921f36e1d0e7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\26.4.3.9662\babc3348e9e8859f\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 9.8MB
          • SHA256 54bc05debd9c08b35a487ddf686aadd37a7133448351b1a173d6cc7158aa9a53
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI3976.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI3976.tmp
          • Size 202KB
          • SHA256 3cff4ac91288a0ff0c13278e73b282a64e83d089c5a61a45d483194ab336b852
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ledqctdw.newcfg

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\ledqctdw.newcfg
          • Size 882B
          • SHA256 5e71690fa5abf151ec0e8ac1b12ef038c37d86cea70cebb01cc045a9a3fd0e64
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          mymgleap.newcfg

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\mymgleap.newcfg
          • Size 683B
          • SHA256 9040677eed8db7e701584903ada9d512aa4027ccc4177be13869a5879627082f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          user.config

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (babc3348e9e8859f)\user.config
          • Size 520B
          • SHA256 df6078c4d820f5dabde164c786f40f08a746e8cb909f12845bd5c4be639fdc25
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/752-199-0x00000205E4D00000-0x00000205E4D40000-memory.dmp

          memory/828-4-0x00000000057A0000-0x0000000005834000-memory.dmp

          memory/828-5-0x0000000001A00000-0x0000000001A28000-memory.dmp

          memory/828-1-0x00000000018B0000-0x00000000018B8000-memory.dmp

          memory/828-9-0x0000000005FA0000-0x000000000655A000-memory.dmp

          memory/828-2-0x0000000001980000-0x000000000198C000-memory.dmp

          memory/828-8-0x00000000745A0000-0x0000000074D5C000-memory.dmp

          memory/828-3-0x00000000745A0000-0x0000000074D5C000-memory.dmp

          memory/828-12-0x00000000745A0000-0x0000000074D5C000-memory.dmp

          memory/828-6-0x0000000005830000-0x00000000059E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/828-0-0x00000000745B2000-0x00000000745B3000-memory.dmp

          memory/828-11-0x00000000745A0000-0x0000000074D5C000-memory.dmp

          memory/828-7-0x00000000745A0000-0x0000000074D5C000-memory.dmp

          memory/984-75-0x00000000058A0000-0x00000000058C8000-memory.dmp

          memory/3396-215-0x00000000009D0000-0x0000000000A7E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3396-221-0x000000001C210000-0x000000001C398000-memory.dmp

          memory/3396-220-0x0000000002BC0000-0x0000000002BDA000-memory.dmp

          memory/3396-219-0x000000001BCD0000-0x000000001BE80000-memory.dmp

          memory/3396-218-0x000000001BA80000-0x000000001BB14000-memory.dmp

          memory/3396-217-0x000000001B670000-0x000000001B6DC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3532-223-0x00000000028F0000-0x0000000002931000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-33-0x0000000003910000-0x000000000393E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-37-0x0000000003960000-0x000000000396C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-45-0x0000000005DD0000-0x0000000005F80000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-41-0x0000000005B80000-0x0000000005C14000-memory.dmp

          memory/5224-155-0x0000000003E30000-0x0000000003EC4000-memory.dmp

          memory/5224-149-0x00000000017C0000-0x00000000017DA000-memory.dmp

          memory/5224-159-0x0000000004080000-0x0000000004230000-memory.dmp

          memory/5224-194-0x0000000003F20000-0x0000000003F61000-memory.dmp

          memory/5224-172-0x0000000003ED0000-0x0000000003F20000-memory.dmp

          memory/5224-196-0x00000000044C0000-0x0000000004596000-memory.dmp

          memory/5224-192-0x00000000042D0000-0x0000000004362000-memory.dmp

          memory/5224-191-0x0000000003F90000-0x0000000003FFC000-memory.dmp