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
    17/08/2026, 15:11

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample260817-skmbpscb22
  • SHA256 1d734773c59044a6502d893b3732c1083d18ebf3301a1de8ca3e75ec2d3beeb8
  • 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:5268
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\21623201981ef7cd\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:4452
  • 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:4868
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding B1016AC7868C16C38844F341FEEC727C C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1616
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI647D.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240739609 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5044
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:1944
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 3C1EAC2856662CED1611CB23AAD8CA5B
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:5804
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:600

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e59bb87.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e59bb87.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 8b5ec9b39dd562653d9c352ee62fc72b92ec149ac8009f9a01153476eeab7d47
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI647D.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI647D.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI647D.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI647D.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI647D.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI647D.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\21623201981ef7cd\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 12.9MB
          • SHA256 5cde1f28dfdac7f9d33063af2287bee5230be44cad40c2d8f1d203dcf9d60d32
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIC1C1.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIC1C1.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 3de04d59f1ee93dc64c4033a46c32288b27ac53fd7d93e4425b15377d27e194f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {ae5c8445-ba18-4c17-b8d4-6ff250051737}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{c4492839-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{ae5c8445-ba18-4c17-b8d4-6ff250051737}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 635d67d99c9fee12f11e7af1febe9e37f4f14f2cd3be1e3f4852ba03ddd6a456
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/5044-44-0x0000000005D20000-0x0000000005ECC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5044-36-0x00000000039C0000-0x00000000039CA000-memory.dmp

          memory/5044-40-0x0000000005AE0000-0x0000000005B6C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5044-32-0x0000000003980000-0x00000000039AE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5268-7-0x0000000005C60000-0x000000000621A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5268-13-0x0000000074540000-0x0000000074CFC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5268-10-0x0000000074540000-0x0000000074CFC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5268-9-0x0000000074540000-0x0000000074CFC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5268-8-0x0000000074540000-0x0000000074CFC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5268-6-0x0000000074540000-0x0000000074CFC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5268-0-0x0000000074552000-0x0000000074553000-memory.dmp

          memory/5268-5-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000052EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5268-4-0x0000000002C10000-0x0000000002C32000-memory.dmp

          memory/5268-3-0x00000000050B0000-0x000000000513C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5268-2-0x00000000053B0000-0x00000000056A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/5268-1-0x0000000001180000-0x0000000001188000-memory.dmp