Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/08/2026, 12:27

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample260802-pm3jxsshja
  • SHA256 ecda70414eaa3354ef877c71c445d49294f142fc694e81f0002d385ff1060d02
  • 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:5752
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\ec47a74386a145bd\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:1960
  • 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:4368
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 9D451DB82EF33BCB669EDD1FA19D3C9F C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5912
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI9AA0.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240753437 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2984
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:5540
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 5813B6BBFA067901DF80A71C0C0C9930
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4780
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:1344

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e59fbad.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e59fbad.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 5653e20ecc2d9a308d1cce709343470a48c0a8cbd2c187d98a8083d30da9cdca
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI9AA0.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI9AA0.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI9AA0.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI9AA0.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI9AA0.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI9AA0.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\ec47a74386a145bd\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 12.9MB
          • SHA256 92e43039b5659971cc92753df05ea0d378f1d6992c180aefd8d37275c0835cea
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI4A6.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI4A6.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 b912fb820ab6f8dcf0ed6df05034889d355ac20eae7adc397401215d7135ad96
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {f45aa2da-c88c-4384-808b-87e1ce45bbf8}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{c61fa831-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{f45aa2da-c88c-4384-808b-87e1ce45bbf8}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 3363b9803e326f740accd9fe41bbce6fdfb13b509df72631434082f89f0645e2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2984-32-0x0000000005DA0000-0x0000000005DCE000-memory.dmp

          memory/2984-40-0x0000000005EC0000-0x0000000005F4C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2984-44-0x0000000006100000-0x00000000062AC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2984-36-0x0000000003D40000-0x0000000003D4A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5752-8-0x0000000074CE0000-0x000000007549C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5752-13-0x0000000074CE0000-0x000000007549C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5752-10-0x0000000074CE0000-0x000000007549C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5752-6-0x0000000004FE0000-0x0000000005002000-memory.dmp

          memory/5752-7-0x00000000050F0000-0x000000000529C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5752-9-0x0000000005C10000-0x00000000061CA000-memory.dmp

          memory/5752-0-0x0000000074CF2000-0x0000000074CF3000-memory.dmp

          memory/5752-5-0x0000000074CE0000-0x000000007549C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5752-4-0x0000000005060000-0x00000000050EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5752-3-0x0000000074CE0000-0x000000007549C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5752-2-0x0000000005360000-0x0000000005652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5752-1-0x00000000029A0000-0x00000000029A8000-memory.dmp