Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    130s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    30/09/2026, 06:18

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample260930-g2z4catele
  • SHA256 7bd3ecc3cd15208e90161a84e266b9ccaa0ccfe0993acca638553c4195adc3fe
  • 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 47 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:1808
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\b58c270a6cda52dc\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:5156
  • 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:5552
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 8662B5A07CEC6B7F60D71F23945DB152 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:472
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIA677.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240756640 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4868
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:4772
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 6C5A823B2BCC90E761E13E30644E239C
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4216
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:2324

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e5a064c.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5a064c.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 524494ae4e6d879b703d64a7edaccd2c5c0b9fec0fe0ab4fe243ef9c233a8d45
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIA677.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIA677.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIA677.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIA677.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIA677.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIA677.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\b58c270a6cda52dc\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 12.9MB
          • SHA256 c14e3e96e8ae32a1ba71daecec5a8cec36b3d9fb1b1c9a46b92334bd6fe6bfd2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSID8F.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSID8F.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 45cb1d9379f2d6ae2fa49fc84ec0399d35310d9e738eced10ec48f6c8cfb0325
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {5e4774d4-b9d5-4ebd-82cb-6ea4e3a6320e}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{e35b4427-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{5e4774d4-b9d5-4ebd-82cb-6ea4e3a6320e}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 57fb0c3386c18255e9fce139a915590b89e007d3182350846dc957986d72a070
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1808-6-0x0000000005880000-0x0000000005A2C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1808-3-0x00000000745E0000-0x0000000074D9C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1808-13-0x00000000745E0000-0x0000000074D9C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1808-9-0x00000000745E0000-0x0000000074D9C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1808-8-0x0000000006360000-0x000000000691A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1808-1-0x00000000031B0000-0x00000000031B8000-memory.dmp

          memory/1808-7-0x00000000745E0000-0x0000000074D9C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1808-2-0x0000000005AB0000-0x0000000005DA2000-memory.dmp

          memory/1808-0-0x00000000745F2000-0x00000000745F3000-memory.dmp

          memory/1808-4-0x00000000057B0000-0x000000000583C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1808-11-0x00000000745E0000-0x0000000074D9C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1808-5-0x0000000005850000-0x0000000005872000-memory.dmp

          memory/4868-44-0x0000000005AA0000-0x0000000005C4C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4868-40-0x0000000005860000-0x00000000058EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4868-36-0x00000000057C0000-0x00000000057CA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4868-32-0x0000000005770000-0x000000000579E000-memory.dmp