Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    12/10/2026, 18:46

General

  • Target
    ConnectWiseControl.ClientSetup.msi
  • Size 1.5MB
  • Sample261012-xesnrayzbt
  • SHA256 d0ee8d45f788c00f47d3c448d323cadcb4c5747b763f0cb0c8f85a4036818775
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 25 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 12 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 20 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • 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 9 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 32 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 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\ConnectWiseControl.ClientSetup.msi
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:5932
  • 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:4496
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding FB378A7E3EECD08E729A2AF4418C848D C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5996
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI30F9.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240726625 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5088
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:1492
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 3ECDA4C8996294C1C122A528E1564435
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:2712
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding DB21EA89FD75BA2DC20687BE70084E9F E Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:6040
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:1004
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (948c0d572cb98b0c)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (948c0d572cb98b0c)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe" "?e=Access&y=Guest&h=13.37.72.210&p=8041&s=d7573a6f-3a78-4bb4-a7cc-f225f5a2a80e&k=BgIAAACkAABSU0ExAAgAAAEAAQAFJ7ZuWXP5BWViHJTbf5tPj7Sz3VZwFq8m7qZRUuRH8DdT5ZTh16EXQCtQGTdC3%2f6cdeRipg90LvRJZX4%2fUH8mHIc8WT2uHwG0TTG%2bw8jNKIhaiX5%2bAk5V%2fBlG7ZV8vvpvIpen%2bIjWKto%2b%2ft2RaJJkmNEiZXVhbDKkMCgLoguOOEHQTD2zzeE%2b%2bYbIKt2%2btII8jVJd9udccUDkoBTNIilMA4lD%2f18HSK9IXWik3cby%2bIBrxpoP6s%2bA2rbet3WdvT0np%2bdqRuOkf2A8iowrzdSYAy9REZQ6VQse0UfvmLhINz31AqKPMMoMth4o%2bMavAJ8l%2b4%2b2cAnDO%2bb6%2bFylxuzA&t=&c=&c=&c=&c=&c=&c=&c=&c="
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4776
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (948c0d572cb98b0c)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (948c0d572cb98b0c)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "a6f2483c-9497-459e-9fba-ebd45d03fd57" "User"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:5956

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e598312.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e598312.rbs
          • Size 212KB
          • SHA256 95a90c63060480782c528121239de516726c157cedf7f2fbae64ab3d753637cf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.Override.en-US.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (948c0d572cb98b0c)\Client.Override.en-US.resources
          • Size 343B
          • SHA256 12191483feb8db21c4b7ecd039be74de31710326b9ff1466d9bd6f53329259f6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Client.Override.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (948c0d572cb98b0c)\Client.Override.resources
          • Size 32KB
          • SHA256 bae2628f861455f9ae162ebb4599ea04c84f28326f687c489fb51017f5424dcd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.en-US.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (948c0d572cb98b0c)\Client.en-US.resources
          • Size 47KB
          • SHA256 a023527e773b886fb64c5f31de484f659c5816cf4ab696be7c98a3ea4de57d41
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (948c0d572cb98b0c)\Client.resources
          • Size 26KB
          • SHA256 de185ee5d433e6cfbb2e5fcc903dbd60cc833a3ca5299f2862b253a41e7aa08c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Client.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (948c0d572cb98b0c)\ScreenConnect.Client.dll
          • Size 99KB
          • SHA256 d03080496ab39d14c5f9c611db6fe7c1961a22f31bf81afa23236092d1aab8c4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (948c0d572cb98b0c)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll
          • Size 25KB
          • SHA256 e944fba422b37726b839ba2416b8c816bb271b4d09b3922d3258cc7a34a823d4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (948c0d572cb98b0c)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
          • Size 87KB
          • SHA256 785617001ab812aceee696b29ea0ad79f4539e1f941abea8e419eefcfc83384b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (948c0d572cb98b0c)\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 410541de79520a6aaefc5969a9b16b9c43a6117bfe6e0d731f2e3f9aad17d9e7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (948c0d572cb98b0c)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
          • Size 427KB
          • SHA256 e74ad2f5cffd1895ca4274272e6901c74a11d45aadf52a015502242495515a00
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (948c0d572cb98b0c)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config
          • Size 259B
          • SHA256 f3c7ed5a1114cbfa6e3e996f4b0311edb5e25dc2099fd7eb7a3a456c261a2d94
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          app.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (948c0d572cb98b0c)\app.config
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 ae5fc34ccd25c235997ed61a6a7b00440f171baee6fb0d638073744858d8ea2e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MSI30F9.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI30F9.tmp
          • Size 320KB
          • SHA256 ea134f4d9e80ec934fc1304ba687ba8bba62398300323432ec2cc1ef5ad1f75d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI30F9.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI30F9.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 311KB
          • SHA256 18d41ab18390afb3cfbc0a872cd89565e7c21ec32237ae5be8a7f113e8015420
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI30F9.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 17KB
          • SHA256 a41b68a124497d0e4e5f46fcc2f152ed2dddbde2f0d0e12f54c7335243f7f120
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI8748.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI8748.tmp
          • Size 202KB
          • SHA256 3cff4ac91288a0ff0c13278e73b282a64e83d089c5a61a45d483194ab336b852
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          e598313.msi

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\e598313.msi
          • Size 1.5MB
          • SHA256 d0ee8d45f788c00f47d3c448d323cadcb4c5747b763f0cb0c8f85a4036818775
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 26.1MB
          • SHA256 0334cea87c0725da890b65d00c400ac12ca3074ef2efcb9e56220b7891dce70f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {454854e8-96c1-42ee-9307-d3d2e99fa51f}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{804c0bee-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{454854e8-96c1-42ee-9307-d3d2e99fa51f}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 69639bb8fa84df35d57dabc57042dfc5ad2166c315af114b147e9ddaf978a852
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/4496-115-0x0000019AD70F0000-0x0000019AD7A94000-memory.dmp

          memory/4776-84-0x0000000003F30000-0x0000000004050000-memory.dmp

          memory/4776-77-0x00000000018A0000-0x00000000018C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4776-89-0x0000000004450000-0x00000000045D8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4776-91-0x0000000004630000-0x0000000004680000-memory.dmp

          memory/4776-88-0x0000000004250000-0x00000000042C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4776-71-0x0000000001860000-0x000000000186C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5088-22-0x0000000005890000-0x00000000058E4000-memory.dmp

          memory/5088-14-0x0000000003750000-0x000000000377E000-memory.dmp

          memory/5088-23-0x0000000005EB0000-0x000000000646A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5088-18-0x0000000003790000-0x000000000379A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5956-97-0x0000000002260000-0x0000000002280000-memory.dmp

          memory/5956-110-0x0000000000880000-0x000000000088C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5956-104-0x000000001B490000-0x000000001B618000-memory.dmp

          memory/5956-98-0x000000001B060000-0x000000001B0B4000-memory.dmp

          memory/5956-99-0x000000001B1E0000-0x000000001B300000-memory.dmp

          memory/5956-94-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000120000-memory.dmp