Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    149s
  • 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, 19:13

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample260802-xxlcdswtfy
  • SHA256 7ef03054d3a602d418a382b00f10970148ce87d107f7d06e9fa5da71c8e4d3da
  • 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:6052
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\db1de130131b2e40\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:3008
  • 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:2836
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding CA4DEA6C34879300878234E0E57FF5F0 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5044
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI72B5.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240743718 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1396
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:2140
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding B43C732ED099873C3D51225F768FDCA2
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:5360
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:5064

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e59d885.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e59d885.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 4eb9d212e90ae0a87a084859c5c665d1af8ca589044fdcfd36ab847f694ae164
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI72B5.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI72B5.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI72B5.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI72B5.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI72B5.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI72B5.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\db1de130131b2e40\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 12.8MB
          • SHA256 de3336830678961ce3106e0bd612f2fc8c86fa49470e177dc9293de1f7c085b3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIDFB9.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIDFB9.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 b0299add6f6ad330e2d68b1a3625d7fb3b643bd801a89040ce1070cb9e72d430
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {59d3c4f8-f33a-41bf-971b-d07da0dee677}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{cba08e50-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{59d3c4f8-f33a-41bf-971b-d07da0dee677}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 82c821ca027da1f51cee48c4260f71b4163088a42f23a435e6d3472ac007f621
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1396-40-0x0000000003AC0000-0x0000000003B4C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1396-32-0x00000000039C0000-0x00000000039EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/1396-44-0x0000000005D10000-0x0000000005EBC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1396-36-0x0000000003A00000-0x0000000003A0A000-memory.dmp

          memory/6052-4-0x0000000002D90000-0x0000000002E1C000-memory.dmp

          memory/6052-12-0x0000000075010000-0x00000000757CC000-memory.dmp

          memory/6052-5-0x0000000005180000-0x00000000051A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/6052-6-0x00000000051A0000-0x000000000534C000-memory.dmp

          memory/6052-3-0x0000000075010000-0x00000000757CC000-memory.dmp

          memory/6052-7-0x0000000075010000-0x00000000757CC000-memory.dmp

          memory/6052-2-0x0000000005660000-0x0000000005952000-memory.dmp

          memory/6052-0-0x0000000075022000-0x0000000075023000-memory.dmp

          memory/6052-10-0x0000000075010000-0x00000000757CC000-memory.dmp

          memory/6052-1-0x0000000000DE0000-0x0000000000DE8000-memory.dmp

          memory/6052-9-0x0000000075010000-0x00000000757CC000-memory.dmp

          memory/6052-8-0x0000000005F10000-0x00000000064CA000-memory.dmp