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Database Entry



ConnectWise


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 1812c17f02968b7e0eaecec8f8dd235faa07f19f88c0a3543be615d62cd403ba
SHA3-384 hash: e1b5b508ca2a19c037ed48abbf3d052336a2c31d0c03f5837a464e3021f2ea6e271a0dba05f0e85aeaeaf9cfe5dd39e6
SHA1 hash: a1ac890124e7322ff28728dd2024b9e0694f452e
MD5 hash: cdde4be8232990e52ce55c32bbcfcb12
humanhash: stream-zulu-london-hotel
File name:ConnectWiseControl.ClientSetup.msi
Download: download sample
Signature ConnectWise
File size:1'568'768 bytes
First seen:2026-10-09 09:17:32 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi
MIME type:application/x-msi
ssdeep 24576:fZPlmF0uwTKh56Z5vePu/DVeL1pVjeOFnUUGGu/aYmQurhwQUva:fmh69eWbVypVCygGu/aYmn1ga
TLSH T1B675012077F88439F6F62B31AE3A95609E3ABD241F71C15E8354391D0DB0A909BB6773
TrID 80.0% (.MSI) Microsoft Windows Installer (454500/1/170)
10.7% (.MST) Windows SDK Setup Transform script (61000/1/5)
7.8% (.MSP) Windows Installer Patch (44509/10/5)
1.4% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Magika msi
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:ConnectWise msi rmm screenconnect

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
92
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
96.5%
Tags:
connectwise shellcode trojan virus
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug base64 CAB expand expired-cert installer installer lolbin overlay packed reconnaissance reconnaissance rundll32
Result
Threat name:
ScreenConnect Tool
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
68 / 100
Signature
.NET source code references suspicious native API functions
Creates files in the system32 config directory
Enables network access during safeboot for specific services
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Remote Access Tool - ScreenConnect Suspicious Execution
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1984705 Sample: ConnectWiseControl.ClientSe... Startdate: 09/10/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 68 47 pki-goog.l.google.com 2->47 49 c.pki.goog 2->49 53 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->53 55 .NET source code references suspicious native API functions 2->55 57 Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample 2->57 59 Sigma detected: Remote Access Tool - ScreenConnect Suspicious Execution 2->59 8 msiexec.exe 88 48 2->8         started        12 ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe 2 2->12         started        15 msiexec.exe 6 2->15         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 31 C:\...\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe, PE32 8->31 dropped 33 C:\...\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe, PE32 8->33 dropped 35 C:\...\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config, XML 8->35 dropped 39 9 other files (none is malicious) 8->39 dropped 63 Enables network access during safeboot for specific services 8->63 17 msiexec.exe 8->17         started        19 msiexec.exe 8->19         started        21 msiexec.exe 1 8->21         started        51 13.37.72.210, 49720, 8041 AMAZON-02-AmazoncomIncUS France 12->51 23 ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe 3 12->23         started        26 ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe 2 12->26         started        37 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\MSI2D0E.tmp, PE32 15->37 dropped file6 signatures7 process8 signatures9 28 rundll32.exe 7 17->28         started        61 Creates files in the system32 config directory 23->61 process10 file11 41 C:\...\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll, PE32 28->41 dropped 43 C:\Users\user\...\ScreenConnect.Core.dll, PE32 28->43 dropped 45 Microsoft.Deployme...indowsInstaller.dll, PE32 28->45 dropped
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
.Net CAB:COMPRESSION:LZX CAB:COMPRESSION:NONE Executable Managed .NET Office Document PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout PE Memory-Mapped (Dump) SOS: 0.21 SOS: 0.30 SOS: 0.32 SOS: 0.33
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Malgent
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-09 09:18:28 UTC
File Type:
Binary (Archive)
Extracted files:
147
AV detection:
6 of 24 (25.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
suspicious
Label(s):
ADMINTOOL_ScreenConnect
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery persistence privilege_escalation ransomware
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Checks processor information in registry
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in Windows directory
Drops file in System32 directory
Enumerates connected drives
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
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YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:win_evilconwi_w0
Author:Karsten Hahn @ G DATA CyberDefense
Description:Settings from app.config that hide the connection of the client. These settings are potentially unwanted

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

ConnectWise

Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi 1812c17f02968b7e0eaecec8f8dd235faa07f19f88c0a3543be615d62cd403ba

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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