Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/09/2026, 18:26

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup (3).msi
  • Size 9.8MB
  • Sample260916-w3prbssvbv
  • SHA256 489395a266a57ca64fabf186d760126de781768250c8e5271ac2b25100019be9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 8 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 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 42 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 16 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 16 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 13 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 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 14 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 37 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 9 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 (3).msi"
    1⤵
    • Badlisted process makes network request
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    PID:2628
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Badlisted process makes network request
    • 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 WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3792
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 74D4D714C64C6916056F87B50C6678C2 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2680
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB6D8.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240695140 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4016
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB9D6.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240695765 10 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.CheckMsiMotw
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:212
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI4B78.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240733078 17 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.CheckMsiFileName
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4788
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:4868
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 318BADDE1F2829BBAA90092C2AC2689C
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4600
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 8F93D74DC54EB4D211534E39B106AD72 E Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1564
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:2972
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe" "?e=Access&y=Guest&h=instance-qv2cxg-relay.screenconnect.com&p=443&s=7821bad1-4ae4-470f-a780-3cf5ad1d075a&k=BgIAAACkAABSU0ExAAgAAAEAAQDJp%2fjsnj%2fHEqzJmvbvKxDZOU7mPE66NZPNa6LfuR1Mi%2bSogjyD8LUBaiygE8y%2fwodJJwW9htEuoBSacBWL4LF3jFIOno%2bKNyWo8Bq%2biVf1oK1UiZORqPUHF7rspT4%2bHBVNca11XUtG1%2bdslX6HaKTu1Az7MBijKFcQepNJkyG8xjQpurq46gZ1gbRFXSk3PYEtyFuA1PRiD2WCgp8ybmlpxf2kugx6fq1OsDJjETmmW3xlfMZ5hasXsIMuq2RkkiiBKiRe28b%2bYw5fSBM6%2fgMZr1Is59rMLiXrlElzGEQ3fZcFgbJ4dCySsix0N34viyUu9hdm5IB2VnDz7MaFOle%2b"
      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:3668
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "6876899e-35ad-4d36-a545-dda9f60aca57" "User"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        PID:1144
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "b5bfdb8d-7982-4fc1-99e5-3ce69c9815e8" "System"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:4924

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e599477.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e599477.rbs
          • Size 214KB
          • SHA256 ef6ea011c5f8f7e80ab77d842dca74a0082f0073a151fc8f28740aeb5d4c2fdb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.en-US.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\Client.en-US.resources
          • Size 64KB
          • SHA256 a90983b3d26f9e6bb472663b84d13254349f62b0ad4c667fd76b3edd270240b2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\Client.resources
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 bd34378ad99f7609fa0c7c8edde6337c738a61d288863015629329806a1cc728
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Client.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\ScreenConnect.Client.dll
          • Size 412KB
          • SHA256 27e873d0fceefdd1a12ca77e3bbecec2ece7acdba433b47dca102c35e1c5896c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll
          • Size 92KB
          • SHA256 78fa9cf69577f6990275c7c472f7114f9d0c85e660f3b9c81b085fc3cfbc8673
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
          • Size 93KB
          • SHA256 5956f9afb3ba610c38b2cfda88dd15be98783963769a12020c93ce05e749b3c3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 582KB
          • SHA256 4eab8752d05cd31bafd07edde7d18061cb63eea99af3132460e6dc08bb5f9e73
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 ec4de5e6e9c079a30a5780d79ee662e0a4c6d009f0e3f911edc560973fb17d1e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll
          • Size 254KB
          • SHA256 a5b8f0070201e4f26260af6a25941ea38bd7042aefd48cd68b9acf951fa99ee5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
          • Size 685KB
          • SHA256 2763b953657e3c4d6b2f952218a1e1963bcd6971f0b1102d99bb7efea04ceb29
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config
          • Size 266B
          • SHA256 87c640d3184c17d3b446a72d5f13d643a774b4ecc7afbedfd4e8da7795ea8077
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll
          • Size 837KB
          • SHA256 7511e679597572782241ff989c065c02f9f5a12ab37290b69a27226eda57ce75
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          system.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\system.config
          • Size 966B
          • SHA256 956ad2980245fca621e3a5489a70f9adbe4b4b9bce7f8703abeca43c7ed52fa5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          rundll32.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\rundll32.exe.log
          • Size 746B
          • SHA256 ddebb6b1094dbef9e96754a74ebd4761d857864c9bd0b5f20a97259a6d7c8fe0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MSIB6D8.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB6D8.tmp
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 400ff5b9a4439339876282909b23c397ffa208f4bcf64460fa2521284acf0b6e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB6D8.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB6D8.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 572KB
          • SHA256 74f2d225b492eb77a5654bcaafec5162d0c5f72de884daa4c32daf54e2bff3d7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB6D8.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 24KB
          • SHA256 2022f13b1f562d3cbef3a3926f0370a2de64e57ff281a121f90001a47499a356
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB6D8.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 93f910f732855000861c1b4e6c55a2dee0a8cbb2172d89c7a2bc99053746c193
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          CustomAction.config

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB9D6.tmp-\CustomAction.config
          • Size 234B
          • SHA256 7027b69ab6ebc9f3f7d2f6c800793fde2a057b76010d8cfd831cf440371b2b23
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB9D6.tmp-\ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 137KB
          • SHA256 361bbc692084841e4c8d22c89ca89c711d0fe17bc8759241736531a2f28de25b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIC3B5.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIC3B5.tmp
          • Size 202KB
          • SHA256 3cff4ac91288a0ff0c13278e73b282a64e83d089c5a61a45d483194ab336b852
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          e599476.msi

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\e599476.msi
          • Size 9.8MB
          • SHA256 489395a266a57ca64fabf186d760126de781768250c8e5271ac2b25100019be9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          if3ypsyj.newcfg

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\if3ypsyj.newcfg
          • Size 883B
          • SHA256 f4cc624961db9e874a1636d8c566738800f603d1a376d80c8872e073650cdf17
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          user.config

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\user.config
          • Size 883B
          • SHA256 50b3cc6756abc6ec0ba2fe5adcf873e979baf1c456930623005245c869d7c0d6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          user.config

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\user.config
          • Size 520B
          • SHA256 9be1b7d0c9b262fa458d09ce6b0dceb18082cf149660d9ab56dfdbc2b72123ef
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          user.config

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\user.config
          • Size 683B
          • SHA256 70a8827a90b4953b7d83639fd7aacb971a484320de001c5d2c8d054a836e27c7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          user.config

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (efe0a5160534f0c3)\user.config
          • Size 883B
          • SHA256 504e6a0d15281062571c285f609aee4f80ba52b7388ee292823512e77debd20b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 24.1MB
          • SHA256 a58f241de367d9adc1f987630d175d77c0a7ae681544803ffdae2bdedf633d11
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {fd6d9b2d-f532-45a0-8f66-b281c159fce9}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{aef5a47e-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{fd6d9b2d-f532-45a0-8f66-b281c159fce9}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 9437b6f586b219b628432879ed1b23148b48f22c2fff6a13646f6cae43962249
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/212-66-0x00000000030E0000-0x0000000003108000-memory.dmp

          memory/1144-218-0x000000001C2B0000-0x000000001C436000-memory.dmp

          memory/1144-213-0x0000000000D30000-0x0000000000DE0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1144-216-0x000000001BF70000-0x000000001C120000-memory.dmp

          memory/1144-215-0x000000001BD20000-0x000000001BDB6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1144-214-0x0000000002F80000-0x0000000002FEC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1144-217-0x0000000002F40000-0x0000000002F5A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-159-0x0000000004090000-0x0000000004240000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-190-0x00000000042E0000-0x0000000004372000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-155-0x0000000003E40000-0x0000000003ED6000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-194-0x00000000044C0000-0x0000000004596000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-149-0x0000000003C00000-0x0000000003C1A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-172-0x0000000003F50000-0x0000000003FA0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-192-0x0000000003FA0000-0x0000000003FE1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-189-0x0000000004010000-0x000000000407C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4016-34-0x0000000005980000-0x0000000005F24000-memory.dmp

          memory/4016-21-0x0000000002B80000-0x0000000002BAE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4016-25-0x0000000002BD0000-0x0000000002BDC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4016-29-0x0000000004FD0000-0x0000000005066000-memory.dmp

          memory/4016-33-0x0000000005220000-0x00000000053D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4924-245-0x0000000002F70000-0x0000000002FB1000-memory.dmp