Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    30/07/2026, 06:29

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample260730-g8wphasbpe
  • SHA256 c3a697e3850d45362dc7438fcd93d4b801e9ea3c7e4aca60b318ea7ee4a0b7b0
  • 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:3280
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\99fdd128f4ccabe7\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:5076
  • 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:4976
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding DFFBA831576FADDE22C892AC4479717D C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2076
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI5F61.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240672750 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2112
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:4400
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 8D07C4A4EABDCC731A84795F07AA2415
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4304
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:2444

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e58b3eb.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e58b3eb.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 31fb8f293654c841792c6eabfeaf1bbdf12d25d7ae645bc1490531d20d45aef9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI5F61.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI5F61.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI5F61.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI5F61.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI5F61.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI5F61.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\99fdd128f4ccabe7\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 12.8MB
          • SHA256 14b0065010f41d5cd04f5d9cb14a5a5f4ee5be32d4da03bcab54a45b2e45f4a3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIB5BF.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIB5BF.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 5fc44e652ab3e4d5d277ccb28e214c3e2f7806bcc7a02b354cde6d93e46b0f51
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {aaa8c76a-4e57-406b-976e-edea9a6a1201}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{4588d6e0-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{aaa8c76a-4e57-406b-976e-edea9a6a1201}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 f262b9177c3bf9e71c4f94f4baf204a913e97099b9a6d29703c59653ed964202
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2112-35-0x0000000002E90000-0x0000000002E9A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2112-43-0x0000000005500000-0x00000000056AC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2112-39-0x0000000002F30000-0x0000000002FBC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2112-31-0x0000000002E50000-0x0000000002E7E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3280-3-0x0000000005B20000-0x0000000005B30000-memory.dmp

          memory/3280-6-0x0000000003460000-0x0000000003482000-memory.dmp

          memory/3280-2-0x0000000005B20000-0x0000000005B30000-memory.dmp

          memory/3280-4-0x0000000005E30000-0x0000000006122000-memory.dmp

          memory/3280-0-0x0000000005B20000-0x0000000005B30000-memory.dmp

          memory/3280-5-0x0000000003590000-0x000000000361C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3280-9-0x0000000005B20000-0x0000000005B30000-memory.dmp

          memory/3280-8-0x00000000066D0000-0x0000000006C74000-memory.dmp

          memory/3280-7-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005CDC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3280-1-0x00000000014B0000-0x00000000014B8000-memory.dmp