Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    05/09/2026, 00:18

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 12.2MB
  • Sample260905-althastakd
  • SHA256 533cea50773142b341575b144b6d534550d8901dd8d5afbf10fb1b155f60f8b9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 1 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.

  • 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
  • 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.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 16 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 17 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 42 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 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 10 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:3316
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\26.5.3.9691\4b7d53e4f15d9ed0\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi" SC_EXE_PATH="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1808
  • 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:3096
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding C54D805912D34700836189D788E67A34 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2852
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI45D9.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240731890 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4660
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI4899.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240732343 10 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.CheckMsiMotw
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1640
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI4E76.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240734046 17 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.CheckMsiFileName
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5984
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:2808
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding A792040386A0E8BE4A449F2EA575F926
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:2828
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding F78342A1788050541F877B2EF12B6B24 E Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:3064
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:3672
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe" "?e=Access&y=Guest&h=instance-sun0gm-relay.screenconnect.com&p=443&s=be948a68-9bfa-4c50-beb0-c9a108eaa3e6&k=BgIAAACkAABSU0ExAAgAAAEAAQDRaJw4Xje019sN%2bbxfyxjyysv97uMGkzMfhcax81HduscnrSu%2btXi20AkZAErHI2PEcW50m5XndFZ5NuFGRIq21YQcDNDucstFJTaoUH9fM6h6pX1ge7Fte658MIW1MV0n5rjHsiDfxeCKEEwen%2b8yoy9xmX3swSdRSQZH3sfyCrVOJivbyIxMPvobqGLToIP6Sflbg4hDnOt4qjn4FrtslGgyC5A6dLXYpVAXFOuhQLgtcEg%2bu8i672vV3XtCp3k7hGI5OyCj%2fXCry8cssAautvlgScLLH9phCrF9i9oKiuSfYnB4IruU%2bSSzIPgqunNQs1Uy2T%2f1X%2bkTWoGYKZHQ"
      1⤵
      • Sets service image path in registry
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4416
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "60829d13-91a1-4447-9c3e-1cb58bc73e5b" "User"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        PID:3504
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "27aaed9e-08cd-45ce-846c-9ea1536257c6" "System"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:2100

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e59a4c3.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e59a4c3.rbs
          • Size 214KB
          • SHA256 1adeced7a520d8fa3baf9edbf6156801ed0ab03a4ddfeea976a60c6de8656cbe
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.en-US.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\Client.en-US.resources
          • Size 64KB
          • SHA256 a90983b3d26f9e6bb472663b84d13254349f62b0ad4c667fd76b3edd270240b2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\Client.resources
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 bd34378ad99f7609fa0c7c8edde6337c738a61d288863015629329806a1cc728
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Client.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\ScreenConnect.Client.dll
          • Size 412KB
          • SHA256 8e5531c2b302f9c95ed32ac7481d3535b6d51147257d317686c07ea1a9cb8362
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll
          • Size 92KB
          • SHA256 ed32fe0d924959020cbef0534a7ba612e94263ccc74837475f3b5a6a726acad0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
          • Size 93KB
          • SHA256 16b4c273a25526e7262716ebe9d46480962347191a034595f18be740d9ce1e17
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 579KB
          • SHA256 f64cb7ab5f105c22348a22e02dd506ff45456884639fee0f322862112860af24
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 c50d6e8d93ed197dd0cfb647743b42a2a6a9289f6db04092f56cefd6d569663e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll
          • Size 254KB
          • SHA256 a5b8f0070201e4f26260af6a25941ea38bd7042aefd48cd68b9acf951fa99ee5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
          • Size 678KB
          • SHA256 2ad8f126461607aad3fa31a41f1f39bc74f471fd84191b43e205610db2c4cf09
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config
          • Size 266B
          • SHA256 87c640d3184c17d3b446a72d5f13d643a774b4ecc7afbedfd4e8da7795ea8077
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll
          • Size 837KB
          • SHA256 4868b7997b9b4260be2df752a81a750388243cdbea37e4d82a9e0101cd29d0c7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          system.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\system.config
          • Size 960B
          • SHA256 07dab7542d9434ff85bdf5b23f34e7ca0add544c40a62b8629e10fd0d8dc61a4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MSI45D9.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI45D9.tmp
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 de867af8055f81b7691f12175deb4c4e7f3bf97130e51761ed02182b0496e16f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI45D9.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI45D9.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 569KB
          • SHA256 e92d94613443befebb55b08f80d10a2fdbfc58233e8dc95cfb4466fde12964f7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI45D9.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 320b89343e896a8d2ebf537861d800a9aca88245cc3b5616bb5bea5cc6797fbb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          CustomAction.config

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI4899.tmp-\CustomAction.config
          • Size 234B
          • SHA256 7027b69ab6ebc9f3f7d2f6c800793fde2a057b76010d8cfd831cf440371b2b23
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI4899.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 24KB
          • SHA256 d827d3575ca29f8a40ea5379c7df2b315fc72cbd93451de94e199740594b51bb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI4899.tmp-\ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 137KB
          • SHA256 dbf379b93127345a83282380aee634d0b70ec731acfeea76617c76e76fdc764f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\26.5.3.9691\4b7d53e4f15d9ed0\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 9.8MB
          • SHA256 7732509a56a19fcc634f024497cc90da5660c24609d67732caa7aca909abcb3d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIAA8F.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIAA8F.tmp
          • Size 202KB
          • SHA256 3cff4ac91288a0ff0c13278e73b282a64e83d089c5a61a45d483194ab336b852
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          bsdqduzy.newcfg

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\bsdqduzy.newcfg
          • Size 882B
          • SHA256 b0941c354c05a3a54b5b5fc1ced150581e66ece72acdc349597635dd18732a59
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ttjtiw0u.newcfg

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\ttjtiw0u.newcfg
          • Size 683B
          • SHA256 c86cf51fc6d24a9c93d5b2c3cd28b00f54d50c185933ff630c44cf2161ebad06
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          user.config

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (4b7d53e4f15d9ed0)\user.config
          • Size 520B
          • SHA256 e52440d2bce7c9133b18ab6a421dd819d73f84c7807f95b6c60c92a796e72705
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/1640-75-0x0000000005970000-0x0000000005998000-memory.dmp

          memory/3316-7-0x0000000005FA0000-0x000000000655A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3316-2-0x00000000056C0000-0x00000000056CC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3316-1-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B8000-memory.dmp

          memory/3316-9-0x0000000075030000-0x00000000757EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3316-11-0x0000000075030000-0x00000000757EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3316-8-0x0000000075030000-0x00000000757EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3316-3-0x0000000005740000-0x00000000057D4000-memory.dmp

          memory/3316-13-0x0000000075030000-0x00000000757EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3316-4-0x00000000057F0000-0x0000000005818000-memory.dmp

          memory/3316-5-0x0000000075030000-0x00000000757EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3316-0-0x0000000075042000-0x0000000075043000-memory.dmp

          memory/3316-6-0x0000000005820000-0x00000000059D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3504-218-0x000000001AF70000-0x000000001AFDC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3504-217-0x0000000000280000-0x000000000032E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3504-222-0x000000001B910000-0x000000001BA98000-memory.dmp

          memory/3504-221-0x0000000002360000-0x000000000237A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3504-219-0x000000001B380000-0x000000001B414000-memory.dmp

          memory/3504-220-0x000000001B5D0000-0x000000001B780000-memory.dmp

          memory/4416-197-0x0000000004370000-0x00000000043B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4416-162-0x0000000004170000-0x0000000004320000-memory.dmp

          memory/4416-195-0x00000000044F0000-0x0000000004582000-memory.dmp

          memory/4416-158-0x0000000003F20000-0x0000000003FB4000-memory.dmp

          memory/4416-175-0x0000000004320000-0x0000000004370000-memory.dmp

          memory/4416-199-0x00000000046E0000-0x00000000047B6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4416-194-0x00000000043E0000-0x000000000444C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4416-152-0x0000000001A00000-0x0000000001A1A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4660-33-0x0000000005400000-0x000000000542E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4660-45-0x0000000005760000-0x0000000005910000-memory.dmp

          memory/4660-37-0x0000000005440000-0x000000000544C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4660-41-0x0000000005510000-0x00000000055A4000-memory.dmp