Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    129s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    14/07/2026, 00:21

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 12.2MB
  • Sample260714-anfdfsa18q
  • SHA256 cd782c7a9d7ac42869e10a79e011b6487631732d523e4007242a4f337d9a0861
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 2 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 12 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 SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • 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 14 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 37 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 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:6128
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\26.3.11.9650\149c9bcbb5183a9e\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi" SC_EXE_PATH="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe"
      2⤵
      • Badlisted process makes network request
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4260
  • 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:1388
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding B50FFE8137CC13DB428DB315E2843B98 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1588
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI7EBB.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240746406 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3260
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI8360.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240747437 10 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.CheckMsiMotw
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:6024
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI88D0.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240748984 18 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.CheckMsiFileName
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2108
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:5152
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding B2DACED0FD9CD1499F844D94DDFDC29B
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:3832
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 1C9863B221B35720CA66665642FEE706 E Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4704
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:1204
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe" "?e=Access&y=Guest&h=instance-zx17e1-relay.screenconnect.com&p=443&s=82cd9268-70e5-4d37-a6cd-c0bf8d6d192b&k=BgIAAACkAABSU0ExAAgAAAEAAQBJGn5sZwtzJpaLbbRh1OMjQkuQD%2fiWG7%2bRFjaQF3o684SX%2blscMZJqje2cz1JSi6rGHJlpJidv5aMny4M8pJkQ8Hy7ZCuIK90237PwBHRQVmGkFs5qk1idYOAuaMUw2jiL%2fYue5ni3aM31w6E3GUcN%2fB5xra11Bdma8Kpb2JZdYXyiWqVWeeWgMSmWKWhnfAZlwN7tcl%2bRh%2fb2VRXbMeh3lp9m2r9evMsXedM%2fvyI4eXHXl%2fDOUtX%2fvNR1ZaKo45y5PLY%2bxiShUxWvyc9F9cBmkHtgvpkllbxDqCboDbZHaw4bC98br762uaoa4yKqWl2xC4UyTpyyUICuoIPm2jmz"
      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:4904
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "58795741-9205-4aec-b5cb-9ce1fad51608" "User"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        PID:4104
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "abf454b5-89ba-4026-9259-0f84d7008858" "System"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:2840

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e59d672.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e59d672.rbs
          • Size 214KB
          • SHA256 224e74df68c836f26509413c93acb4281a1c1ce87e73fcecf2a08d27f5570031
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.en-US.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\Client.en-US.resources
          • Size 64KB
          • SHA256 a90983b3d26f9e6bb472663b84d13254349f62b0ad4c667fd76b3edd270240b2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\Client.resources
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 bd34378ad99f7609fa0c7c8edde6337c738a61d288863015629329806a1cc728
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Client.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\ScreenConnect.Client.dll
          • Size 412KB
          • SHA256 44d7c87abe55a23318a1627a845a999acc268cc4ece97e2e80849ad869809ee1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll
          • Size 91KB
          • SHA256 b607976c1aa7e804d8d53993ddf81ebf4b85117a12d7b4e9ee228e907e1f4025
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
          • Size 93KB
          • SHA256 4cfe96e8e6d4cc96bc0f9c7935ab32531deeb0f52a8c39f739da928d6f5d344b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 577KB
          • SHA256 5c98fa479fd677e900bd53f15c3969deeb99c109e026f169862a6458a55bddcb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 c1a6e533825b7adb9c2312c1674a5506fd3db460a15443d82c58b5037c68a9f0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll
          • Size 254KB
          • SHA256 a5b8f0070201e4f26260af6a25941ea38bd7042aefd48cd68b9acf951fa99ee5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
          • Size 675KB
          • SHA256 6d1660e7e219fd873124c6e491ed41793a9b43b29e90ca494893a07a70abe172
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config
          • Size 266B
          • SHA256 87c640d3184c17d3b446a72d5f13d643a774b4ecc7afbedfd4e8da7795ea8077
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll
          • Size 837KB
          • SHA256 f340a7376628a7a27ff45dd479cb5c09e072e79bbd318deef39325c29541dbdd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          system.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\system.config
          • Size 966B
          • SHA256 ebc9b01621a346f7e790d5ebbd9b4c1b4dba520d2c29279d37aaedc7957698cf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MSI7EBB.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI7EBB.tmp
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 71155d6834aa9d39bdbe3c1b1791f7e59c263b3be61ee4e4d645a29fdee7dd27
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI7EBB.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI7EBB.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 567KB
          • SHA256 3e335088245a44e7d929a108a3fec2985df749f697fdd7c1815abefe9a1effb0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI7EBB.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 24KB
          • SHA256 52d52f271a4314bece5f573642fd41f9e71724796e250a96ca61470ba71b4d82
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI7EBB.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 e0cf56d4793a7ac0ede73d5229c1cf8a9eb0f8352a61ecdd42ee4800a42ceaef
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          CustomAction.config

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI8360.tmp-\CustomAction.config
          • Size 234B
          • SHA256 7027b69ab6ebc9f3f7d2f6c800793fde2a057b76010d8cfd831cf440371b2b23
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI8360.tmp-\ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 137KB
          • SHA256 8e0d135002984f0dbae6575086d9a72d51aa8dd58e53a9e0eba58c0d5bc7678e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\26.3.11.9650\149c9bcbb5183a9e\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 9.8MB
          • SHA256 0b67638dff96bb5428b822a8cfc07579daa7793d092871309a07f48ebb0ee4c2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIDD96.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIDD96.tmp
          • Size 202KB
          • SHA256 3cff4ac91288a0ff0c13278e73b282a64e83d089c5a61a45d483194ab336b852
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          pvvsgb3g.newcfg

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\pvvsgb3g.newcfg
          • Size 884B
          • SHA256 38e1bca57ac521053e26401cd6c99a1b33f492ecb87ccbbe562e16a4590fbffb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          r1a033lj.newcfg

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\r1a033lj.newcfg
          • Size 683B
          • SHA256 75907dc4421cb134932e3e9c9b23ac9e50a9536d96c37d7881b095e3ad2384a2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          u3ipve3h.newcfg

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\u3ipve3h.newcfg
          • Size 884B
          • SHA256 85166a1e7772e19501180a7a02965032a3e686f57f2a81eaf29e7f0c40543c51
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          user.config

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (149c9bcbb5183a9e)\user.config
          • Size 520B
          • SHA256 a64afe967765e483f99efa2b9e51e1d95e88be3fcf554d70da76ff994bea11ae
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 26.1MB
          • SHA256 e987d5eb5a159dc19fd256a08c9f1f78c5753b24213ce92d201a93224b486b0e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {5413fc1c-434f-4bc3-bb7a-520084749508}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{6392210f-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{5413fc1c-434f-4bc3-bb7a-520084749508}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 fb3ed065b96d244afd73b0b2b3490c4f3fa2b49adcd22663fc89fc9b8b4c9285
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3260-43-0x00000000055B0000-0x0000000005644000-memory.dmp

          memory/3260-47-0x0000000005800000-0x00000000059B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3260-39-0x0000000003430000-0x000000000343C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3260-35-0x00000000033F0000-0x000000000341E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4104-227-0x000000001BE20000-0x000000001BFA8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4104-225-0x000000001BAE0000-0x000000001BC90000-memory.dmp

          memory/4104-222-0x0000000000750000-0x00000000007FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4104-226-0x0000000001070000-0x000000000108A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4104-224-0x000000001B890000-0x000000001B924000-memory.dmp

          memory/4104-223-0x00000000029F0000-0x0000000002A5C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4104-228-0x0000000002980000-0x00000000029C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4904-178-0x0000000004400000-0x0000000004450000-memory.dmp

          memory/4904-198-0x0000000004680000-0x00000000046EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4904-162-0x0000000004210000-0x00000000042A4000-memory.dmp

          memory/4904-203-0x0000000004980000-0x0000000004A56000-memory.dmp

          memory/4904-201-0x00000000043C0000-0x0000000004401000-memory.dmp

          memory/4904-199-0x0000000004790000-0x0000000004822000-memory.dmp

          memory/4904-156-0x0000000001C60000-0x0000000001C7A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4904-166-0x0000000004460000-0x0000000004610000-memory.dmp

          memory/6024-77-0x0000000003C00000-0x0000000003C28000-memory.dmp

          memory/6128-7-0x0000000006AE0000-0x000000000709A000-memory.dmp

          memory/6128-2-0x0000000006210000-0x000000000621C000-memory.dmp

          memory/6128-3-0x0000000006280000-0x0000000006314000-memory.dmp

          memory/6128-1-0x00000000061F0000-0x00000000061F8000-memory.dmp

          memory/6128-6-0x0000000006360000-0x0000000006510000-memory.dmp

          memory/6128-5-0x0000000074FE0000-0x000000007579C000-memory.dmp

          memory/6128-4-0x0000000006330000-0x0000000006358000-memory.dmp

          memory/6128-8-0x0000000074FE0000-0x000000007579C000-memory.dmp

          memory/6128-10-0x0000000074FE0000-0x000000007579C000-memory.dmp

          memory/6128-11-0x0000000074FE0000-0x000000007579C000-memory.dmp

          memory/6128-13-0x0000000074FE0000-0x000000007579C000-memory.dmp

          memory/6128-0-0x0000000074FF2000-0x0000000074FF3000-memory.dmp