Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    114s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/08/2026, 12:20

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample260816-ph3dcsxwfv
  • SHA256 d30c9d87c66d715810f77ca6db1e85b394b048a57cdd11d116a47c4536b3be18
  • 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:4292
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\24.4.4.9118\1059849e32002f21\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:2104
  • 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:3860
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding C56350FA4D431F3C1B52C7344A6D7058 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4940
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI49A2.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240732906 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1260
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:2960
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 13E9656350F1AE2AB4632F7DD18AC5C1
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:3456
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:2040

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e599b7c.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e599b7c.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 7714fb4db7441dc84ed749167a47e94676cc12d0d00380558a766ce9de49384b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI49A2.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI49A2.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 db51e4b70f27d0bf28789ea3345bf693035916461d22661c26f149c5bc8891ed
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI49A2.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI49A2.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 537KB
          • SHA256 8377a87625c04ca5d511ceec91b8c029f9901079abf62cf29cf1134c99fa2662
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI49A2.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 d09447d4816e248c16891361d87019156cc7664b213357a8e6c422484b8d6b4e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI49A2.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.6MB
          • SHA256 2659f660691d65628d2fcc3bfc334686cd053f162cdb73bf7a0da0ac6449db92
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\24.4.4.9118\1059849e32002f21\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 12.8MB
          • SHA256 a818fa466efb152d0a19ffd1c0174f910e039d9272376c23aaf460bf14e3252a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIA1C5.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIA1C5.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 6646ad04e88a162e3b707984ef371340bb355358c2d7debda1cf71fdd9f5a215
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {9707986d-643a-4f9f-95e4-7f75820f6879}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{6392210f-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{9707986d-643a-4f9f-95e4-7f75820f6879}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 d1f8d0dde77d4596ca357cc8c38874aa7fa7106c9fbc92432916bd0fff04cf45
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1260-44-0x0000000005AA0000-0x0000000005C4C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1260-36-0x00000000057C0000-0x00000000057CA000-memory.dmp

          memory/1260-40-0x0000000005860000-0x00000000058EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1260-32-0x0000000005790000-0x00000000057BE000-memory.dmp

          memory/3860-88-0x000001C4EE6D0000-0x000001C4EF074000-memory.dmp

          memory/4292-6-0x0000000005F80000-0x000000000612C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4292-13-0x0000000074CB0000-0x000000007546C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4292-10-0x0000000074CB0000-0x000000007546C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4292-9-0x0000000074CB0000-0x000000007546C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4292-8-0x0000000006B30000-0x00000000070EA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4292-5-0x00000000038C0000-0x00000000038E2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4292-0-0x0000000074CC2000-0x0000000074CC3000-memory.dmp

          memory/4292-7-0x0000000074CB0000-0x000000007546C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4292-3-0x0000000074CB0000-0x000000007546C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4292-4-0x0000000005EA0000-0x0000000005F2C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4292-2-0x0000000006280000-0x0000000006570000-memory.dmp

          memory/4292-1-0x0000000003880000-0x0000000003888000-memory.dmp