Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    131s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/11/2026, 00:10

General

  • Target
    ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
  • Size 12.2MB
  • Sample261102-agfqmsdg23
  • SHA256 e86e2118bbae0ea31b59d46f3c1baddbb10e7a15a0c787c637cb916a57253ea1
  • 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.

  • Sets service image path in registry 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    This determines the executable launched when a service starts. It can be used to establish persistence.

  • ConnectWise ScreenConnect remote access tool

    ConnectWise ScreenConnect is a remote desktop tool that can be used as a backdoor.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

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

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Suspicious Windows Authentication Registry Modification.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 9 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 16 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 17 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 42 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 6 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 9 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.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 13 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 37 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 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:3048
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\26.7.6.9783\c69a43ca9015d90c\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
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1068
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package
    • 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:5024
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 26F5B7CB6D65F283616979D65AD54C10 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:920
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIAD1E.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240758250 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1680
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB0B9.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240758984 11 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:1820
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB8C9.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240761062 18 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.CheckMsiFileName
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5596
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:5956
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 71E164CE4A122DD9FA2C8D9CEE4EDDAB
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:6000
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 8F78C074660C390619E2B0F33B6E0D1F E Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:1484
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
      1⤵
        PID:5484
      • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
        1⤵
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        PID:1104
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe" "?e=Access&y=Guest&h=instance-yc9tag-relay.screenconnect.com&p=443&s=a84c77e4-e9c7-4e95-a88e-598394f09049&k=BgIAAACkAABSU0ExAAgAAAEAAQCVbyBn0CitFTy3yYKViiojYtN6OJg2kqrC0uaCKjFXxLHcwfBCTNlg%2fSemjqhiHRRywQ21fmI5ev9C99kfeoDJjpTbOqfErsj%2bMbQziOF07Ha9oK3m3DMORhiLBjn3J8fe0sAblNr6wuTeK1W9mx%2f3vJgIH1UeHvKYyXPE7ckaH5%2bA3wx1WIDDe9OIouMGWhPr4J3eJz4O54yyKLHWbAQ70StqNKlqcQNO%2fLUCLjo7zxnMUk1aEPybAJ6PjRsm8PyTmL5vDijxHxDCZ6Qde95tNwoDV4%2bVsSx3C0ypyIZXdxGwxGJXRElEaJCwI9mfctLot6Y5o%2fZkfVRI5YiyQ0i4&c=FaithZol&c=https%3a%2f%2ffaithzol.co.za&c=Banker&c=Window&c=&c=&c=&c="
        1⤵
        • Sets service image path in registry
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5288
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "36be54a6-e848-41a1-89cc-db8c217be7aa" "User"
          2⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
          PID:3740
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "fb90583a-1f3b-4563-9a03-fab426eb4000" "System"
          2⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
          • Checks processor information in registry
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          PID:2308

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            e5a05de.rbs

            • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5a05de.rbs
            • Size 214KB
            • SHA256 342262ab7e4254aa92a4d293341e504c16013a1a8a884d9a5a0a03ad4f1960aa
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Client.en-US.resources

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\Client.en-US.resources
            • Size 65KB
            • SHA256 bd8901dd3666277f6d7aa1f4118ad53f5d4229c5d9f67f94e635bf2add3731dd
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Client.resources

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\Client.resources
            • Size 6KB
            • SHA256 bd34378ad99f7609fa0c7c8edde6337c738a61d288863015629329806a1cc728
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ScreenConnect.Client.dll

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\ScreenConnect.Client.dll
            • Size 413KB
            • SHA256 be1e3522a20c244b3e20b4f7bc2fc736b6103c930d6cf8366e0bb97cb82d5241
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll
            • Size 92KB
            • SHA256 67f75a75bc19288cac0071e19e7af4463f2ecf4bb75fe13af80a4f0f57144253
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
            • Size 93KB
            • SHA256 bc19602c59b0ba4a7a99f791c87298df76d8d62f86a928e112dca285a88a5a77
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ScreenConnect.Core.dll

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
            • Size 583KB
            • SHA256 91ae86fd5439c7d8a54b75cbb60c2ff9bdff84657b962d340d48cdf656c4928d
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
            • Size 1.7MB
            • SHA256 9ddaf17f7f802e58c645d42184e0ac33dc755a885bc3637a7d837a4f6ae5fdea
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll
            • Size 254KB
            • SHA256 a5b8f0070201e4f26260af6a25941ea38bd7042aefd48cd68b9acf951fa99ee5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
            • Size 689KB
            • SHA256 24671116eab5a97c5d15c4d7b434adff9ad2119db9b487490f4b251f28167069
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config
            • Size 266B
            • SHA256 87c640d3184c17d3b446a72d5f13d643a774b4ecc7afbedfd4e8da7795ea8077
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll
            • Size 837KB
            • SHA256 89fd40ccc2e2be1bf140e748212922aa4010a7ef4b0465aca958c9d3417e0bdd
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            system.config

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\system.config
            • Size 958B
            • SHA256 577a5496d3b28a70f36d952686c0d422c97d5a8c0b831ec17cc1d04a2b59bc37
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            MSIAD1E.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIAD1E.tmp
            • Size 1.1MB
            • SHA256 d39e53d74c6840d331b91b9c949db26f7c93a824e9fb104c532346a8c465b6e2
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIAD1E.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
            • Size 172KB
            • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ScreenConnect.Core.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIAD1E.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
            • Size 573KB
            • SHA256 399ab0c1bcf2bf0c7618066d676b6958c2a5f4fed2d8f769f0eeea5492720e4f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIAD1E.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
            • Size 24KB
            • SHA256 f35f007dcb154d0346745309630b8cc21fe49638e76dc8dd77a3c62cb0aa754a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIAD1E.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
            • Size 1.7MB
            • SHA256 4c281797c351fed77890634006a51bc3a6c60efa4c831fe21934353f304cdf61
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            CustomAction.config

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB0B9.tmp-\CustomAction.config
            • Size 234B
            • SHA256 7027b69ab6ebc9f3f7d2f6c800793fde2a057b76010d8cfd831cf440371b2b23
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB0B9.tmp-\ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll
            • Size 137KB
            • SHA256 7fcba418fd772a38e420238d49e8301f23caf47eadcef400ecab8738813d9694
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\26.7.6.9783\c69a43ca9015d90c\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
            • Size 9.8MB
            • SHA256 51421f064e801a02ed4a47797b8a0b0048fc78f9d41a16a0a3e819a26e713038
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            MSIADF.tmp

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

            2nkjftvj.newcfg

            • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\2nkjftvj.newcfg
            • Size 683B
            • SHA256 d7f8fed65d314d7fe5dd6270fd11b2bc17517efaf77b0aa0e4cda8a3734c6c96
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            user.config

            • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\user.config
            • Size 520B
            • SHA256 4e5e8cedbd8715814971e8c9e6aa3f7bccbcb417d33a6bf0de65936b6b67d9c0
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            za52olcs.newcfg

            • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (c69a43ca9015d90c)\za52olcs.newcfg
            • Size 883B
            • SHA256 77654dfd7b3c5c850af0def179ac064c8df32dc7bc05b76a69da43b4fe05b650
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            memory/1680-34-0x0000000003170000-0x000000000319E000-memory.dmp

            memory/1680-38-0x00000000031B0000-0x00000000031BC000-memory.dmp

            memory/1680-42-0x0000000005360000-0x00000000053F6000-memory.dmp

            memory/1680-46-0x0000000005660000-0x0000000005810000-memory.dmp

            memory/1820-76-0x0000000005740000-0x0000000005768000-memory.dmp

            memory/3048-1-0x00000000038C0000-0x00000000038C8000-memory.dmp

            memory/3048-2-0x0000000005DE0000-0x0000000005DEC000-memory.dmp

            memory/3048-9-0x0000000074FE0000-0x000000007579C000-memory.dmp

            memory/3048-0-0x0000000074FF2000-0x0000000074FF3000-memory.dmp

            memory/3048-5-0x0000000005F40000-0x00000000060F0000-memory.dmp

            memory/3048-11-0x0000000074FE0000-0x000000007579C000-memory.dmp

            memory/3048-8-0x0000000074FE0000-0x000000007579C000-memory.dmp

            memory/3048-7-0x00000000066C0000-0x0000000006C7A000-memory.dmp

            memory/3048-3-0x0000000005EB0000-0x0000000005F46000-memory.dmp

            memory/3048-6-0x0000000074FE0000-0x000000007579C000-memory.dmp

            memory/3048-4-0x0000000005E70000-0x0000000005E98000-memory.dmp

            memory/3740-225-0x000000001C110000-0x000000001C2C0000-memory.dmp

            memory/3740-223-0x000000001BB50000-0x000000001BBBC000-memory.dmp

            memory/3740-224-0x000000001BEC0000-0x000000001BF56000-memory.dmp

            memory/3740-222-0x0000000000EA0000-0x0000000000F50000-memory.dmp

            memory/3740-226-0x0000000003090000-0x00000000030AA000-memory.dmp

            memory/3740-227-0x000000001C450000-0x000000001C5D8000-memory.dmp

            memory/5288-165-0x0000000003D80000-0x0000000003DD0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5288-197-0x0000000004110000-0x00000000041A2000-memory.dmp

            memory/5288-199-0x0000000003DD0000-0x0000000003E11000-memory.dmp

            memory/5288-201-0x0000000004300000-0x00000000043D6000-memory.dmp

            memory/5288-194-0x0000000003E40000-0x0000000003EAC000-memory.dmp

            memory/5288-163-0x0000000003EC0000-0x0000000004070000-memory.dmp

            memory/5288-159-0x0000000003C70000-0x0000000003D06000-memory.dmp

            memory/5288-153-0x0000000003B70000-0x0000000003B8A000-memory.dmp