Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    142s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/10/2026, 12:19

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 5.5MB
  • Sample261002-phpr9stt4q
  • SHA256 fd54e12a3dde03c477c48d8f8d4d070bc691cf386154f0df5b42e3c561450538
  • 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:4936
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\855dc423e2405ffa\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:3236
  • 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:4072
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 9DA328BE632A0C5C0B971FEBC2DEC685 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5456
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI9716.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240752546 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4264
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:4372
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 74484DB1E78ACA017BEB42B425E6FD9B
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:2220
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:1424

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e59e863.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e59e863.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 52e32896aaf45b6cfaa06b4f45c6a98080b127afefa5c136c97e7a20c6b7bc88
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI9716.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI9716.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI9716.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI9716.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI9716.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI9716.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\855dc423e2405ffa\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 13.0MB
          • SHA256 9c9f6fb6e1c09c75535e6830082ab0ba11ae67a6e4ba42a30f3ea4515c61e498
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIEF1A.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIEF1A.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 23723abd9e1ba5eb784e378b6a61e71882007266ebc600154ce6310b67300a78
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {1bd0efe7-38a5-4ad9-802b-ff8e69de03b4}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{e3f46304-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{1bd0efe7-38a5-4ad9-802b-ff8e69de03b4}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 fdfb1c1ec1e986becce95118430840533801efbba44606e5eb0ccf57d51c4bc3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/4264-32-0x0000000003180000-0x00000000031AE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4264-44-0x00000000055C0000-0x000000000576C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4264-40-0x00000000032D0000-0x000000000335C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4264-36-0x00000000031B0000-0x00000000031BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-12-0x0000000074C90000-0x000000007544C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-7-0x0000000005380000-0x000000000552C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-6-0x0000000002D70000-0x0000000002D92000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-0-0x0000000074CA2000-0x0000000074CA3000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-4-0x00000000052F0000-0x000000000537C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-2-0x0000000074C90000-0x000000007544C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-5-0x0000000074C90000-0x000000007544C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-3-0x00000000055F0000-0x00000000058E2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-10-0x0000000074C90000-0x000000007544C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-1-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002B78000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-9-0x0000000005EA0000-0x000000000645A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-8-0x0000000074C90000-0x000000007544C000-memory.dmp