Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/07/2026, 05:36

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample260728-gaq2csfc45
  • SHA256 aa5f4e85e97d1507df8a70018a9f1429360039b337b096b56fd695a532b926ba
  • 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 15 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 3 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:5696
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\9fca689a8ddc10c4\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:5364
  • 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:4700
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding ABB36C901EE91E452EF2836FAA9F1756 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4556
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIF67C.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240777000 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5912
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:1648
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 70FBD243D054B629C165459BC51A7BB9
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:1312
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:124

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e5a41fd.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5a41fd.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 a3c4e6c82ab36f0c4e6efc42ac25acab14c6aeac08646a8d8fababdf466bac16
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIF67C.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIF67C.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIF67C.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIF67C.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIF67C.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIF67C.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\9fca689a8ddc10c4\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 9.5MB
          • SHA256 a0edcddce270a6c5df00ca5bf18a14f725d1381e8ec039cd8a9711e45929d7b6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI46DF.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI46DF.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 a04d6f01f51cb71a7f5b3795dfd04b78a338a58d2b107bd95d452787e4757d07
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {4838cd7b-50d7-4184-abdc-0f30914bb200}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{cb180e94-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{4838cd7b-50d7-4184-abdc-0f30914bb200}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 4268695af2f220b4872d7e1ac30c3e011ebd3271a8a68d9c9a508ef88773a85a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/5696-5-0x0000000005940000-0x0000000005962000-memory.dmp

          memory/5696-4-0x0000000005890000-0x000000000591C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5696-13-0x00000000746A0000-0x0000000074E5C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5696-9-0x00000000746A0000-0x0000000074E5C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5696-8-0x00000000064F0000-0x0000000006AAA000-memory.dmp

          memory/5696-1-0x0000000003360000-0x0000000003368000-memory.dmp

          memory/5696-7-0x00000000746A0000-0x0000000074E5C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5696-10-0x00000000746A0000-0x0000000074E5C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5696-0-0x00000000746B2000-0x00000000746B3000-memory.dmp

          memory/5696-2-0x0000000005C40000-0x0000000005F32000-memory.dmp

          memory/5696-3-0x00000000746A0000-0x0000000074E5C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5696-6-0x0000000005970000-0x0000000005B1C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5912-36-0x00000000052A0000-0x00000000052AA000-memory.dmp

          memory/5912-44-0x00000000055E0000-0x000000000578C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5912-40-0x00000000053A0000-0x000000000542C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5912-32-0x0000000005270000-0x000000000529E000-memory.dmp