Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    27/07/2026, 12:23

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample260727-pkth8sem4w
  • SHA256 65c78afd637ee5211bbc712685cd346173e40c5f86061d276b6c71d7233f7879
  • 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:1088
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\4483994a9c7ab435\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:676
  • 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:4196
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding EFFBA98A186F66A8E46F507678004B2C C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4728
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI942.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240650671 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3296
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:4232
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 45E310A9CAF26969463C8CD415CD145A
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2140
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:3936

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e584e5b.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e584e5b.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 0b756d63a7bfb079225663c5ddb97f006baafd0e848ce1a8e97522d88e6aedc7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI942.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI942.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI942.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI942.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI942.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI942.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\4483994a9c7ab435\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 12.8MB
          • SHA256 abc9a23c87966027221b0c7a5c189b534157c40037dd7884f959d336efae85a2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI502F.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI502F.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 a495f36768251535457b3a29ede2b34eb9d7041ebaaa8e523a342c758f219f9c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {9009df5f-a028-4bdb-8657-b97530527a31}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{cd0aa2ae-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{9009df5f-a028-4bdb-8657-b97530527a31}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 f2dfc16defbb191aac54deb8477baf6292f03a5f0d66d27b0cf0c50e3f9fece0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1088-5-0x00000000019D0000-0x00000000019F2000-memory.dmp

          memory/1088-8-0x0000000005930000-0x0000000005940000-memory.dmp

          memory/1088-7-0x00000000064E0000-0x0000000006A84000-memory.dmp

          memory/1088-6-0x0000000005940000-0x0000000005AEC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1088-0-0x0000000005930000-0x0000000005940000-memory.dmp

          memory/1088-4-0x00000000057F0000-0x000000000587C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1088-3-0x0000000005C40000-0x0000000005F32000-memory.dmp

          memory/1088-2-0x0000000005930000-0x0000000005940000-memory.dmp

          memory/1088-1-0x0000000001900000-0x0000000001908000-memory.dmp

          memory/3296-30-0x0000000004C10000-0x0000000004C3E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3296-34-0x0000000004C40000-0x0000000004C4A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3296-38-0x0000000004E40000-0x0000000004ECC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3296-42-0x0000000005080000-0x000000000522C000-memory.dmp