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, 12:30

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 19.8MB
  • Sample260930-ppln7afc93
  • SHA256 5feee1447b6a4cf325c408efebcc3e468308a02a2c41322bbc14fd57631b21b5
  • 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.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 47 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).

  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

    The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.

  • 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:5808
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\26.6.6.9747\7b0cebe6122b2acb\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi" SC_EXE_PATH="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe"
      2⤵
      • Badlisted process makes network request
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4408
  • 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:436
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding C35309A344498E2C95621664507F386B C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2536
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI197A.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240720390 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4244
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1C88.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240721078 11 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.CheckMsiMotw
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2784
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI2330.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240722781 18 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.CheckMsiFileName
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2760
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:2544
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 1BB6F6B59707DBDC928A36C4E1354A51
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4652
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 7807B2B6718E99BC354B75E16ACE0C7A E Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:3952
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:5916
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe" "?e=Access&y=Guest&h=instance-xp89kx-relay.screenconnect.com&p=443&s=f54321ca-5773-4a39-ae05-f6e0cce8d724&k=BgIAAACkAABSU0ExAAgAAAEAAQC9%2fjFTI8iJFADHMrH%2fbMUQPZgzT7xOoYBbLIEvsG1itSFwPm6KERW0FP8Xyam5lw2OYwmMeQP7TbdyPco3ltAY9mRQpHSP%2fVsCbLfn12RftTXRx1dnyo0Ke3rknANgh7lsZie%2faejTLkxgHWreQg6MNd8JUgg74mR9DkZJWJI0F3UhPWoEvkcnvFxLtqhBCD%2bNrLhEizOpdmxyOXSk5kXy4%2fURKpXDkZPPvK6pASrnh9khU3qZ95762l%2bb2QE9VmNoloyVdRDd6nv70XSj%2bFA14KkEywV3lZZbkbtLhsGSO1%2b5tnSp9TX39DDmf7YOKLt5WrG1YEu5SQwFAczPrxPK&c=vip54&c=mega&c=liz&c=trum&c=&c=&c=&c="
      1⤵
      • Sets service image path in registry
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3404
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "17ef2918-5021-4c56-a1f1-314a823b83c0" "User"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        PID:4156
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "aa2b2594-bc8e-430d-9d06-164e7685245e" "System"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:5680

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e597a57.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e597a57.rbs
          • Size 214KB
          • SHA256 bb3e9844ce53838d3c46acf4eed947a03521fd3a27bcfaa44da27c1b1ff9e724
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.en-US.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\Client.en-US.resources
          • Size 64KB
          • SHA256 a90983b3d26f9e6bb472663b84d13254349f62b0ad4c667fd76b3edd270240b2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\Client.resources
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 bd34378ad99f7609fa0c7c8edde6337c738a61d288863015629329806a1cc728
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Client.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\ScreenConnect.Client.dll
          • Size 615KB
          • SHA256 787a02b1938e8c1ce52448b8779d2c9c47029664f97185177c2584e8f980abc4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll
          • Size 176KB
          • SHA256 579fa008b8c96612163fd8a89a978140a652b3739867772df0711fca148705aa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
          • Size 93KB
          • SHA256 d887f20ec383d7ce3a5727856bf7fa68ceb972108b6d0a5dd9924707e820dc24
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 1.3MB
          • SHA256 5b2d14e237485c0164d865d8a94f8a8bed28ab0db52c6a7ef99f7ebb9648d324
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.9MB
          • SHA256 88dd22f6f0ca70d10c64ca919b0d8b6d73e84c1d567d4b8d15b6e9a9b60d6d8f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll
          • Size 254KB
          • SHA256 a5b8f0070201e4f26260af6a25941ea38bd7042aefd48cd68b9acf951fa99ee5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
          • Size 1.6MB
          • SHA256 b7a495f517b9bf23f529552b145121f922ab4915e24b663ae68b3007daea3804
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config
          • Size 266B
          • SHA256 87c640d3184c17d3b446a72d5f13d643a774b4ecc7afbedfd4e8da7795ea8077
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll
          • Size 837KB
          • SHA256 239377f4d2345d2a4ff6e3cbebd83c6edb06db4daea389159d19770a2dfcb80c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          system.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\system.config
          • Size 962B
          • SHA256 3cbcaaebb028b213f795355d2c7dbc3c977aabb523e51b31c81480967fe4530d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MSI197A.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI197A.tmp
          • Size 1.9MB
          • SHA256 1dabfa60015c186a4315f16d46d9e53435dc259c52843e73dac0d04be92f9a84
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI197A.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI197A.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 1.3MB
          • SHA256 e5fd82d18c2dcaadbfc4b72b56573e819cc3e8ee6406f2edb982cc073dc607bb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI197A.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 24KB
          • SHA256 cf8505204b1458dac9cb3002fd5bbd5fac43c5b4702aa0153fb4b9a2cfcf954a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI197A.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.8MB
          • SHA256 ed1b4eb6c24c85392f692bf5863d9ccb76575051bb605360961b9d7624a371c6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          CustomAction.config

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1C88.tmp-\CustomAction.config
          • Size 234B
          • SHA256 7027b69ab6ebc9f3f7d2f6c800793fde2a057b76010d8cfd831cf440371b2b23
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1C88.tmp-\ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 390KB
          • SHA256 c469358d585fa9f1637a02d194e162e454d90b8dc7e4939f88b36e09b04a7a96
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\26.6.6.9747\7b0cebe6122b2acb\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 16.2MB
          • SHA256 d8edd58e0744b7bdf1bb65756651d95294d83a6105bdace06c44c6e12644562d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI8321.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI8321.tmp
          • Size 202KB
          • SHA256 3cff4ac91288a0ff0c13278e73b282a64e83d089c5a61a45d483194ab336b852
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          4fqsorcw.newcfg

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\4fqsorcw.newcfg
          • Size 882B
          • SHA256 3d7dc52c36ffe06b2d52c2e235597ff840f087b208a64b0241c0615e05ba0599
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          user.config

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\user.config
          • Size 520B
          • SHA256 1332ed8e11f906af88e66320fff190e27768267504ac6306f8a6aa9d23216245
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          user.config

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (7b0cebe6122b2acb)\user.config
          • Size 683B
          • SHA256 d32f49bde2365cf491a505a4a66305c241be3229ea7f7091a8de2e0555fff6f4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          {2a047559-0783-4da9-b543-ed980dcb9d12}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{0a1bed32-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{2a047559-0783-4da9-b543-ed980dcb9d12}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 84d73a7ee88f6b3dd64e076482eb9b22d1bd94f5570a322ae0ae0b58e3881b0e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2784-77-0x0000000005D20000-0x0000000005D88000-memory.dmp

          memory/3404-164-0x0000000003F70000-0x0000000004150000-memory.dmp

          memory/3404-177-0x00000000041A0000-0x00000000041F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3404-195-0x0000000004330000-0x00000000043C2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3404-160-0x0000000003E10000-0x0000000003F6A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3404-197-0x00000000041F0000-0x0000000004231000-memory.dmp

          memory/3404-154-0x0000000001640000-0x0000000001670000-memory.dmp

          memory/3404-199-0x0000000004520000-0x00000000045F6000-memory.dmp

          memory/3404-194-0x0000000004290000-0x000000000432E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4156-222-0x000000001C2F0000-0x000000001C478000-memory.dmp

          memory/4156-220-0x000000001BDD0000-0x000000001BF2A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4156-221-0x000000001C110000-0x000000001C2F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4156-219-0x000000001B8C0000-0x000000001B95E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4156-223-0x0000000002E80000-0x0000000002EB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4156-218-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000C96000-memory.dmp

          memory/4244-39-0x0000000005130000-0x000000000513C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4244-43-0x00000000052D0000-0x000000000542A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4244-35-0x0000000005140000-0x000000000516E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4244-47-0x0000000005610000-0x00000000057F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5808-10-0x0000000074950000-0x000000007510C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5808-3-0x00000000065E0000-0x000000000673A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5808-4-0x0000000006740000-0x00000000067A8000-memory.dmp

          memory/5808-2-0x0000000002740000-0x000000000274C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5808-1-0x00000000026C0000-0x00000000026C8000-memory.dmp

          memory/5808-5-0x00000000067C0000-0x00000000069A0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5808-0-0x0000000074962000-0x0000000074963000-memory.dmp

          memory/5808-6-0x0000000074950000-0x000000007510C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5808-7-0x0000000006F70000-0x000000000752A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5808-8-0x0000000074950000-0x000000007510C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5808-11-0x0000000074950000-0x000000007510C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5808-13-0x0000000074950000-0x000000007510C000-memory.dmp