Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    143s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/10/2026, 12:20

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 12.2MB
  • Sample261002-php32av1ew
  • SHA256 69d7f72f053d968dd6bf6f4df075eddc455d7c82626a3e2309654dd6a323ebf0
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
8/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 3 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 47 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 14 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 11 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 31 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 2 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 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.

  • 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 WriteProcessMemory 7 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⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2420
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\26.6.5.9742\1ea8d724baefd0d3\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
      PID:4872
  • 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 WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1372
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 882F94A9B318133BFE70A9DBB36A5229 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1576
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIEEA1.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240709359 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3676
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIF009.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240709640 8 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:3336
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIF579.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240711031 15 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.CheckMsiFileName
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5008
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:4180
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 873C9EDD31F3E67F58F564CAB264501D
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4892
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:2808

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e592821.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e592821.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 49fbdf4e4116ca7decbca0b620dfb0374c2a786a86bd247a81b742ac20abd299
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_59E89BCE9615F2B61F2F2C691688F111

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_59E89BCE9615F2B61F2F2C691688F111
          • Size 727B
          • SHA256 ae1526a214c99736d149b0b720cd0f3962142c6d5d3f085396afd0a901fc71cb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
          • Size 727B
          • SHA256 307db0fb56225eedd300dafb363d7b91db4e02c6c5d308c0b36c7bcb06d67d90
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_59E89BCE9615F2B61F2F2C691688F111

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_59E89BCE9615F2B61F2F2C691688F111
          • Size 404B
          • SHA256 a3132bd3a519af93b26a7eee96e32db8ed144d944053075869777985ac2bf00d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
          • Size 412B
          • SHA256 5539c3b5a445a1ffa1d409d325839a07cfa0756e4cba76c64ab166925515247c
          • 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

          MSIEEA1.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIEEA1.tmp
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 400ff5b9a4439339876282909b23c397ffa208f4bcf64460fa2521284acf0b6e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIEEA1.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIEEA1.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 572KB
          • SHA256 74f2d225b492eb77a5654bcaafec5162d0c5f72de884daa4c32daf54e2bff3d7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIEEA1.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 93f910f732855000861c1b4e6c55a2dee0a8cbb2172d89c7a2bc99053746c193
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          CustomAction.config

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIF009.tmp-\CustomAction.config
          • Size 234B
          • SHA256 7027b69ab6ebc9f3f7d2f6c800793fde2a057b76010d8cfd831cf440371b2b23
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIF009.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 24KB
          • SHA256 2022f13b1f562d3cbef3a3926f0370a2de64e57ff281a121f90001a47499a356
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIF009.tmp-\ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 137KB
          • SHA256 361bbc692084841e4c8d22c89ca89c711d0fe17bc8759241736531a2f28de25b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\26.6.5.9742\1ea8d724baefd0d3\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 9.8MB
          • SHA256 eca2f1219ace3d7193d9241545019d91a3a317c3a3e1e6c39d9bb1c31213ed54
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI29D6.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI29D6.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 6684f3ac0bfc304bc4bc5c2379a912e6c44719a7d58ca26f05949551713edefd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {23d80506-81fe-45e4-88e0-3079d8a4e701}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{aef5a47e-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{23d80506-81fe-45e4-88e0-3079d8a4e701}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 f2abfc354891487e63eea97d194470fe13838619bcad88c1890c3a22a08bd1ab
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2420-7-0x0000000005FD0000-0x0000000006180000-memory.dmp

          memory/2420-6-0x0000000005F40000-0x0000000005F68000-memory.dmp

          memory/2420-2-0x0000000005FC0000-0x0000000005FD0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2420-4-0x0000000002020000-0x000000000202C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2420-5-0x0000000005EB0000-0x0000000005F46000-memory.dmp

          memory/2420-3-0x0000000005FC0000-0x0000000005FD0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2420-8-0x0000000006730000-0x0000000006CD4000-memory.dmp

          memory/2420-1-0x0000000001F70000-0x0000000001F78000-memory.dmp

          memory/2420-0-0x0000000005FC0000-0x0000000005FD0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3336-83-0x00000000056E0000-0x0000000005708000-memory.dmp

          memory/3676-39-0x00000000023C0000-0x00000000023EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/3676-43-0x00000000023F0000-0x00000000023FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3676-47-0x0000000004850000-0x00000000048E6000-memory.dmp

          memory/3676-51-0x0000000004B70000-0x0000000004D20000-memory.dmp