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MalwareBazaar Database

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Database Entry



ConnectWise


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 18234cb137f84dfceedc95e81c66fdfcb2f7ceaddfdda8c2a861d92834fc26d0
SHA3-384 hash: 83ea2e1e71a174e52c28a2f58b981485249b31c114e247151e3106bf0bea884327314fa89073ca20eae4923984b2cdd4
SHA1 hash: eb08c08532e2efb619dec438672da4b9ff6a1a09
MD5 hash: 253a5d6ba1cbd9ec6b4107d95556e6d2
humanhash: red-don-foxtrot-apart
File name:ScreenConnect.ClientSetup(2).msi
Download: download sample
Signature ConnectWise
File size:9'113'600 bytes
First seen:2026-09-13 00:09:17 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi
MIME type:application/x-msi
ssdeep 196608:0QyiixtMjGZ1jhlrwUCQyiixtMjoQyiixtMjXQyiixtMjBQyiixtMj:FPnjGrrbPnj5PnjgPnjqPnj
TLSH T13F96232063E98A28E1B61B75EE7A55F14D39BC45EF23C11E4778795E2A30E8095B3333
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 BastianHein
Tags:ConnectWise msi signed

Code Signing Certificate

Organisation:ScreenConnect Client
Issuer:ScreenConnect Client Root
Algorithm:sha256WithRSAEncryption
Valid from:2023-04-01T00:00:00Z
Valid to:2038-01-01T00:00:00Z
Serial number: 00
Intelligence: 359 malware samples on MalwareBazaar are signed with this code signing certificate
Cert Graveyard Blocklist:This certificate is on the Cert Graveyard blocklist
Thumbprint Algorithm:SHA256
Thumbprint: b57081fd66256e7f6e9b9ffe40800309377383acb9773e2f2c80662c2cbd2e2d
Source:This information was brought to you by ReversingLabs A1000 Malware Analysis Platform

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
70
Origin country :
CL CL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-vm base64 CAB evasive expand explorer fingerprint hacktool installer installer lolbin lolbin overlay packed packed reconnaissance rundll32
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: 0.00 SOS: 0.21 SOS: 0.24 SOS: 0.25 SOS: 0.26 SOS: 0.27 SOS: 0.31 SOS: 0.36 SOS: 0.39
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.SilentCanvas
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-13 00:10:27 UTC
File Type:
Binary (Archive)
Extracted files:
171
AV detection:
8 of 38 (21.05%)
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)
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
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in Windows directory
Badlisted process makes network request
Enumerates connected drives
Loads dropped DLL
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YARA Signatures


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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:INDICATOR_RMM_ConnectWise_ScreenConnect
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects ConnectWise Control (formerly ScreenConnect). Review RMM Inventory
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar

File information


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