Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    145s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    18/10/2026, 12:19

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 12.2MB
  • Sample261018-phbweact3q
  • SHA256 059224a4b7cdef2599a5993faf3223de237dd1a50d1910c3afe4addf6dc4387f
  • 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 46 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:2980
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\26.6.5.9742\ee033394130eb153\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:4968
  • 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:1016
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 9022FD765831898265A1C4BDEC1D5E46 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2180
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB02.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240716640 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4184
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1034.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240717890 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:3696
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI16BC.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240719718 15 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.CheckMsiFileName
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2656
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:4228
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 4D1855E5A2015BA447D4A6D830D85331
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:212
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:2080

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e595d5a.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e595d5a.rbs
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 b8d796432a5a6325d72947dc35c610d8760833b715319bd354025df5afab0e2b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_59E89BCE9615F2B61F2F2C691688F111

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_59E89BCE9615F2B61F2F2C691688F111
          • Size 727B
          • SHA256 e8d464780d56092c4133ea897fbfe8b3c3e499763fc7e074d4b403faf435e4f5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
          • Size 727B
          • SHA256 b55c172afe866144888334eac8db9ea7ebf56fc3d2627899b2443dcdf83aefc8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_59E89BCE9615F2B61F2F2C691688F111

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_59E89BCE9615F2B61F2F2C691688F111
          • Size 404B
          • SHA256 0850a45bc1911ac0d54802670fee8f663c746b05858326aedfa688479ec3fd36
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
          • Size 412B
          • SHA256 594cc6b4417d2924dd557b523efaf8495c1717f995103963de99d865d4149d94
          • 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

          CustomAction.config

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1034.tmp-\CustomAction.config
          • Size 234B
          • SHA256 7027b69ab6ebc9f3f7d2f6c800793fde2a057b76010d8cfd831cf440371b2b23
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1034.tmp-\ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 137KB
          • SHA256 361bbc692084841e4c8d22c89ca89c711d0fe17bc8759241736531a2f28de25b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIB02.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB02.tmp
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 400ff5b9a4439339876282909b23c397ffa208f4bcf64460fa2521284acf0b6e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB02.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB02.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 572KB
          • SHA256 74f2d225b492eb77a5654bcaafec5162d0c5f72de884daa4c32daf54e2bff3d7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB02.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 24KB
          • SHA256 2022f13b1f562d3cbef3a3926f0370a2de64e57ff281a121f90001a47499a356
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB02.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 93f910f732855000861c1b4e6c55a2dee0a8cbb2172d89c7a2bc99053746c193
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\26.6.5.9742\ee033394130eb153\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 9.8MB
          • SHA256 ea3cef973f8373f1e1de4c53a5121b64ce65455f22ecaa9ec464504a8b0228bd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI5F4E.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI5F4E.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 315e689a5204c97324f36ceff1a3374ed4b34888f72db53393c0ec73c46a5584
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {0ed26c37-6297-464f-9112-17d8f4e66912}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{c9561ee0-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{0ed26c37-6297-464f-9112-17d8f4e66912}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 ef65252506314b666f42b784ad23e672e15386bc434dbdc1a9af8b4936eca4f1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2980-8-0x0000000003050000-0x0000000003060000-memory.dmp

          memory/2980-7-0x0000000005E10000-0x00000000063B4000-memory.dmp

          memory/2980-6-0x00000000056A0000-0x0000000005850000-memory.dmp

          memory/2980-5-0x0000000005670000-0x0000000005698000-memory.dmp

          memory/2980-0-0x0000000003050000-0x0000000003060000-memory.dmp

          memory/2980-4-0x00000000055C0000-0x0000000005656000-memory.dmp

          memory/2980-3-0x0000000003000000-0x000000000300C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2980-2-0x0000000003050000-0x0000000003060000-memory.dmp

          memory/2980-1-0x0000000002FE0000-0x0000000002FE8000-memory.dmp

          memory/3696-83-0x0000000004920000-0x0000000004948000-memory.dmp

          memory/4184-51-0x0000000004E50000-0x0000000005000000-memory.dmp

          memory/4184-47-0x0000000004C00000-0x0000000004C96000-memory.dmp

          memory/4184-43-0x00000000027D0000-0x00000000027DC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4184-39-0x0000000002790000-0x00000000027BE000-memory.dmp