Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    127s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    03/10/2026, 18:25

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample261003-w2zvxavy7j
  • 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:692
    • 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:1484
  • 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:5324
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding D1DF62F04B8DF7B93B5D9D04338B5D60 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4548
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1301.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240718718 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5268
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:856
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 25E372B520F3D70166DA8B47B10F2E96
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:5536
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:4904

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e59529c.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e59529c.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 d9bc193f5eadae06746b8c5c0741053d76d3d6c43a8fcdd6d8204e43570c60f1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI1301.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1301.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1301.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1301.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1301.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1301.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

          MSI56B2.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI56B2.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 089210f1c04fd707841baae83117b48a2ab1b6e526ecc0c4c93f28fde28aed89
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {a859f65f-e5ba-4db3-9a1c-c3368af725bc}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{d1fc2eb0-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{a859f65f-e5ba-4db3-9a1c-c3368af725bc}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 6594ae77f966bc53d6b5dcbb4c623a3bf67903909a0d63c6466c099a3dab5c0c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/692-0-0x00000000747F2000-0x00000000747F3000-memory.dmp

          memory/692-1-0x00000000017D0000-0x00000000017D8000-memory.dmp

          memory/692-9-0x00000000747E0000-0x0000000074F9C000-memory.dmp

          memory/692-8-0x00000000063A0000-0x000000000695A000-memory.dmp

          memory/692-4-0x0000000005700000-0x000000000578C000-memory.dmp

          memory/692-6-0x00000000747E0000-0x0000000074F9C000-memory.dmp

          memory/692-7-0x00000000057F0000-0x000000000599C000-memory.dmp

          memory/692-2-0x0000000005AF0000-0x0000000005DE2000-memory.dmp

          memory/692-5-0x00000000031C0000-0x00000000031E2000-memory.dmp

          memory/692-12-0x00000000747E0000-0x0000000074F9C000-memory.dmp

          memory/692-3-0x00000000747E0000-0x0000000074F9C000-memory.dmp

          memory/692-10-0x00000000747E0000-0x0000000074F9C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5268-36-0x00000000053A0000-0x00000000053AA000-memory.dmp

          memory/5268-44-0x00000000056C0000-0x000000000586C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5268-40-0x0000000005480000-0x000000000550C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5268-32-0x00000000053B0000-0x00000000053DE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5324-88-0x0000014653EF0000-0x0000014654894000-memory.dmp