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, 12:21

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
  • Size 9.8MB
  • Sample261002-pjdfma1ejb
  • SHA256 843d5c12e12d44daa14909420f101fb98241d054a91e6c11be0f8573a7ddf12b
  • 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.

  • Loads dropped DLL 31 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 14 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 15 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • 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 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 6 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    msiexec.exe /I C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
    1⤵
    • Badlisted process makes network request
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3696
  • 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:1276
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 9FD70812B7E5C9C472742ED67E6CFC0C C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4724
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIA33.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240782234 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5912
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIFB2.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240783328 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:5712
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI19A6.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240785937 15 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.CheckMsiFileName
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4516
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:3520
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding E57A2268B4A84A5FE25458F1D65D08A0
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:904
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:1320

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e5a74a6.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5a74a6.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 5616f508d8ee8f8216b7e5ab566946594ccd3ba451f4605a5895d50cbe90e8b0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIA33.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIA33.tmp
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 400ff5b9a4439339876282909b23c397ffa208f4bcf64460fa2521284acf0b6e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIA33.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIA33.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 572KB
          • SHA256 74f2d225b492eb77a5654bcaafec5162d0c5f72de884daa4c32daf54e2bff3d7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIA33.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 24KB
          • SHA256 2022f13b1f562d3cbef3a3926f0370a2de64e57ff281a121f90001a47499a356
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIA33.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 93f910f732855000861c1b4e6c55a2dee0a8cbb2172d89c7a2bc99053746c193
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          CustomAction.config

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIFB2.tmp-\CustomAction.config
          • Size 234B
          • SHA256 7027b69ab6ebc9f3f7d2f6c800793fde2a057b76010d8cfd831cf440371b2b23
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIFB2.tmp-\ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 137KB
          • SHA256 361bbc692084841e4c8d22c89ca89c711d0fe17bc8759241736531a2f28de25b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI7B6C.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI7B6C.tmp
          • Size 202KB
          • SHA256 3cff4ac91288a0ff0c13278e73b282a64e83d089c5a61a45d483194ab336b852
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          e5a74a7.msi

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\e5a74a7.msi
          • Size 9.8MB
          • SHA256 843d5c12e12d44daa14909420f101fb98241d054a91e6c11be0f8573a7ddf12b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 26.1MB
          • SHA256 a200ec19415a023e0a8e3eb141ec7150cd14c4668bc3f6f7813c2b3aad55b7e9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {74f83040-0e9a-4be3-a507-25478cc21f30}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{e35b4427-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{74f83040-0e9a-4be3-a507-25478cc21f30}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 b0fd76463a66e757e14d4c9f7e95fd16e569c668ed158cd5e2fe68ffbb865512
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/5712-64-0x0000000004130000-0x0000000004158000-memory.dmp

          memory/5912-29-0x0000000005750000-0x00000000057E6000-memory.dmp

          memory/5912-33-0x00000000059A0000-0x0000000005B50000-memory.dmp

          memory/5912-25-0x0000000003640000-0x000000000364C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5912-34-0x0000000006110000-0x00000000066CA000-memory.dmp

          memory/5912-21-0x0000000003600000-0x000000000362E000-memory.dmp