Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    31/08/2026, 08:21

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
  • Size 9.8MB
  • Sample260831-j9cdcsfn2w
  • SHA256 362fe658539f3658b495f6cecbfa0a0d6c5b8ff0158313cb243ea901aea26ed5
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 2 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Sets service image path in registry 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    This determines the executable launched when a service starts. It can be used to establish persistence.

  • ConnectWise ScreenConnect remote access tool

    ConnectWise ScreenConnect is a remote desktop tool that can be used as a backdoor.

  • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 50 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Suspicious Windows Authentication Registry Modification.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 9 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 16 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 17 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 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.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 13 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 37 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    msiexec.exe /I C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
    1⤵
    • Badlisted process makes network request
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:5996
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package
    • 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:4332
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding BB3A03FC7E712A1A6B36B0995FBC551D C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3760
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI6911.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240741078 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3776
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI6EAF.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240742093 10 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.CheckMsiMotw
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2732
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI748C.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240743828 17 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.CheckMsiFileName
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5076
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:1428
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 9DA7FB72F12F8C149C6DCDD3BB5C352C
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:2020
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding FBAE5AAE26AA81B3B4D1A612B78E9BEF E Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:3184
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:1552
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4c43397bfb186451)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4c43397bfb186451)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe" "?e=Access&y=Guest&h=instance-k74lap-relay.screenconnect.com&p=443&s=64bd505a-b180-4c49-aeb2-3b103bd107ea&k=BgIAAACkAABSU0ExAAgAAAEAAQBV9MV2xtfVoKxBgyP0MJq2robLOOFWDGHSO623bIlIobJYzWEfB7jj0dv3tfV5jbu0tiKhFiuWV4zDiIZzHvnd3Q5IXZJrNcChQBXvtfqvCBNH9yR5vlTbaZkj6pNTCnxwubepRiX5cxXGrOVgTUx5MBoOUPQabyvNuKNx9ee6q2TjdK3NmONlb3riNJY4yT568MLfFBaPfJhRCW8CFTbwQUHov2EZK9nqmW8QV3KFaWwXeClbrenDPBpaVAENstqrF6XXOn7zjH0X87rzrRtt4NyAeLRlWa1AxnLrA6e7mUiwABydiWFRLbJOwY2kflD96NsS1QfkPUMGBZ2ONTzC"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2272
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2272 -s 1336
        2⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:4740
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4c43397bfb186451)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4c43397bfb186451)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe" "?e=Access&y=Guest&h=instance-k74lap-relay.screenconnect.com&p=443&s=64bd505a-b180-4c49-aeb2-3b103bd107ea&k=BgIAAACkAABSU0ExAAgAAAEAAQBV9MV2xtfVoKxBgyP0MJq2ro%2bLOOFWDGHSO623bIlIo%2bJYzWE%2fB7jj0dv3t%2fV5jbu0tiKhFiuWV4zDiIZzHvnd3Q5IXZJrNcChQBXvtfqvCBNH9yR5vlT%2baZkj6pNTCnxwu%2bepRiX5cxXGrOVgTUx5MBoOUPQa%2byvNuKNx9ee6q2TjdK3NmONlb3riNJY4yT568ML%2fFBaP%2fJhRCW8CFTbwQUHov2EZK9nqmW8QV3KFaWwXeClbrenDPBpaVAENstqrF6XXOn7zjH0X87rzrRtt4NyAeLRlWa1AxnLrA6e7mUiwABydiWFRL%2bJOwY2kflD96NsS1QfkPUMGBZ2ONTzC"
      1⤵
      • Sets service image path in registry
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:848
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4c43397bfb186451)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4c43397bfb186451)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "e05d52e4-4bb9-4066-a2e0-462b8fba9847" "User"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        PID:4572
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4c43397bfb186451)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4c43397bfb186451)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "6487ce31-083e-4d59-be25-a45b2b20d084" "System"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:5696
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 436 -p 2272 -ip 2272
      1⤵
        PID:1096

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            e59bacb.rbs

            • Path C:\Config.Msi\e59bacb.rbs
            • Size 214KB
            • SHA256 f99f9358f21f2506cfb8dbcf6f979325ac864e7e37c530c09da05cea666250c8
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ScreenConnect.Client.dll

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4c43397bfb186451)\ScreenConnect.Client.dll
            • Size 412KB
            • SHA256 8e5531c2b302f9c95ed32ac7481d3535b6d51147257d317686c07ea1a9cb8362
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4c43397bfb186451)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll
            • Size 92KB
            • SHA256 ed32fe0d924959020cbef0534a7ba612e94263ccc74837475f3b5a6a726acad0
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4c43397bfb186451)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
            • Size 93KB
            • SHA256 16b4c273a25526e7262716ebe9d46480962347191a034595f18be740d9ce1e17
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ScreenConnect.Core.dll

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4c43397bfb186451)\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
            • Size 579KB
            • SHA256 f64cb7ab5f105c22348a22e02dd506ff45456884639fee0f322862112860af24
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4c43397bfb186451)\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
            • Size 1.7MB
            • SHA256 c50d6e8d93ed197dd0cfb647743b42a2a6a9289f6db04092f56cefd6d569663e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            system.config

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4c43397bfb186451)\system.config
            • Size 964B
            • SHA256 69d4db64a99bed97280add825a4baae8a92a358c18858dd0e74ff7046c70f2f5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            MSI6911.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI6911.tmp
            • Size 1.1MB
            • SHA256 de867af8055f81b7691f12175deb4c4e7f3bf97130e51761ed02182b0496e16f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI6911.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
            • Size 172KB
            • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ScreenConnect.Core.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI6911.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
            • Size 569KB
            • SHA256 e92d94613443befebb55b08f80d10a2fdbfc58233e8dc95cfb4466fde12964f7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI6911.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
            • Size 24KB
            • SHA256 d827d3575ca29f8a40ea5379c7df2b315fc72cbd93451de94e199740594b51bb
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI6911.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
            • Size 1.7MB
            • SHA256 320b89343e896a8d2ebf537861d800a9aca88245cc3b5616bb5bea5cc6797fbb
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            CustomAction.config

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI6EAF.tmp-\CustomAction.config
            • Size 234B
            • SHA256 7027b69ab6ebc9f3f7d2f6c800793fde2a057b76010d8cfd831cf440371b2b23
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI6EAF.tmp-\ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll
            • Size 137KB
            • SHA256 dbf379b93127345a83282380aee634d0b70ec731acfeea76617c76e76fdc764f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            MSIC0E6.tmp

            • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIC0E6.tmp
            • Size 202KB
            • SHA256 3cff4ac91288a0ff0c13278e73b282a64e83d089c5a61a45d483194ab336b852
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            e59baca.msi

            • Path C:\Windows\Installer\e59baca.msi
            • Size 9.8MB
            • SHA256 362fe658539f3658b495f6cecbfa0a0d6c5b8ff0158313cb243ea901aea26ed5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            2dxhdtas.newcfg

            • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (4c43397bfb186451)\2dxhdtas.newcfg
            • Size 683B
            • SHA256 16b310c3efbc4f598038670060de17a3fe552abb9797c38a3b90718cbc02471e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            cibestd0.newcfg

            • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (4c43397bfb186451)\cibestd0.newcfg
            • Size 882B
            • SHA256 1d182c84a14a3d12be8537bc1fb27bf3628e4fbd14f19d129ce37c08b431e798
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            user.config

            • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (4c43397bfb186451)\user.config
            • Size 520B
            • SHA256 35a0784666e57c748252bee5383fecb59e65db3991db67fe0093fc83c66e607c
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            metadata-2

            • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
            • Size 26.1MB
            • SHA256 539e0009f7f933fdc1dce419202d75eb452e11d4ae99dcbf2916bac8c68a9286
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            {a6c9c19e-4316-4ce5-9eb5-b9034d844707}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

            • Path \??\Volume{c61fbfff-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{a6c9c19e-4316-4ce5-9eb5-b9034d844707}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
            • Size 6KB
            • SHA256 844146079c999f33dd538ae279bf1b9e1f1e945d6e86e2df31c94a25c170841e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/848-196-0x00000000045B0000-0x0000000004686000-memory.dmp

            memory/848-193-0x00000000042B0000-0x000000000431C000-memory.dmp

            memory/848-166-0x0000000004030000-0x0000000004080000-memory.dmp

            memory/848-195-0x0000000003FE0000-0x0000000004021000-memory.dmp

            memory/848-194-0x00000000043C0000-0x0000000004452000-memory.dmp

            memory/2272-161-0x0000000005A10000-0x0000000005BC0000-memory.dmp

            memory/2272-141-0x0000000005670000-0x000000000568A000-memory.dmp

            memory/2272-150-0x0000000005730000-0x00000000057C4000-memory.dmp

            memory/2732-64-0x0000000005900000-0x0000000005928000-memory.dmp

            memory/3776-34-0x00000000068F0000-0x0000000006EAA000-memory.dmp

            memory/3776-29-0x0000000005F30000-0x0000000005FC4000-memory.dmp

            memory/3776-33-0x0000000006180000-0x0000000006330000-memory.dmp

            memory/3776-25-0x0000000003E10000-0x0000000003E1C000-memory.dmp

            memory/3776-21-0x0000000005E60000-0x0000000005E8E000-memory.dmp

            memory/4572-212-0x000000001BAC0000-0x000000001BB54000-memory.dmp

            memory/4572-211-0x0000000001350000-0x00000000013BC000-memory.dmp

            memory/4572-210-0x0000000000940000-0x00000000009EE000-memory.dmp

            memory/4572-213-0x000000001BD10000-0x000000001BEC0000-memory.dmp

            memory/4572-214-0x0000000001150000-0x000000000116A000-memory.dmp

            memory/4572-215-0x000000001C050000-0x000000001C1D8000-memory.dmp

            memory/4572-216-0x0000000001300000-0x0000000001341000-memory.dmp

            memory/4572-218-0x000000001CEE0000-0x000000001D0AA000-memory.dmp

            memory/5696-217-0x000000001C5F0000-0x000000001C7BA000-memory.dmp