Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    135s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-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.

  • 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 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 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 SetWindowsHookEx 4 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⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3724
    • 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
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1900
  • 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:2572
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 8368584AEB602EA075981F858EB58DDE C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2200
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI167C.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240719671 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2208
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:3592
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 5EFDF7B1E57B15F8BF842F572DF7ECAB
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:456
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:5544

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e597bee.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e597bee.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 2fa3bbea0a0fb44254e408c882e773cbf2e4787605c13108d5498936079bf2da
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI167C.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI167C.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI167C.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI167C.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI167C.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI167C.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

          MSI8350.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI8350.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 c7b2e4dc0d869dfcf3fa1b1eb398f35d41dfbff583de73c1bba8d51515705680
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {348c5177-6c54-4f43-bd7b-31085dbf75c3}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{c61f8367-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{348c5177-6c54-4f43-bd7b-31085dbf75c3}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 df52635f9d94ea2ffbaea536508b386a03102de76a37b9640c29c81897a95932
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2208-32-0x0000000003210000-0x000000000323E000-memory.dmp

          memory/2208-36-0x0000000003250000-0x000000000325A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2208-44-0x00000000056E0000-0x000000000588C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2208-40-0x0000000003380000-0x000000000340C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2572-90-0x0000024B38EF0000-0x0000024B39237000-memory.dmp

          memory/2572-49-0x0000024B38EF0000-0x0000024B39237000-memory.dmp

          memory/3724-6-0x0000000074BC0000-0x000000007537C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3724-5-0x0000000003030000-0x0000000003052000-memory.dmp

          memory/3724-8-0x0000000006170000-0x000000000672A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3724-10-0x0000000074BC0000-0x000000007537C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3724-0-0x0000000074BD2000-0x0000000074BD3000-memory.dmp

          memory/3724-7-0x0000000005650000-0x00000000057FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3724-9-0x0000000074BC0000-0x000000007537C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3724-3-0x0000000074BC0000-0x000000007537C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3724-4-0x00000000055C0000-0x000000000564C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3724-13-0x0000000074BC0000-0x000000007537C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3724-2-0x00000000058C0000-0x0000000005BB2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3724-1-0x00000000016B0000-0x00000000016B8000-memory.dmp