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ConnectWise


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 1a6a57e16626d4bfbbb84ab603083e46a536b5d101861ca7e5fe6947041a8938
SHA3-384 hash: d469437eb80fc5de5cdb654d4ba1a0e080864b3d1da4b0f84b00dba8acfc251d96d202d2fab9be46ade280c9d4fd4af7
SHA1 hash: 48b01f5820cc3b198a3ff42ec2b4ab811b71f5cd
MD5 hash: 74f7900b545baf80974cbe3dd1faa7a9
humanhash: victor-mirror-snake-nevada
File name:1a6a57e16626d4bfbbb84ab603083e46a536b5d101861ca7e5fe6947041a8938.msi
Download: download sample
Signature ConnectWise
File size:13'451'264 bytes
First seen:2026-08-09 12:35:17 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi
MIME type:application/x-msi
ssdeep 393216:6mkEdQ03Nld6mkEd8mkEdNmkEd9mkEdumkEdP:GE2cxGEqExEhEYEV
TLSH T11DD601072EAC9D07E1A2DB35BF354DAC7B666C1D9D52B1FE16043EC91F709818E62223
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 whack_sh
Tags:ConnectWise msi whack.sh

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
48
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-vm base64 CAB evasive expand explorer fingerprint installer installer lolbin lolbin overlay packed packed reconnaissance rundll32
Gathering data
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
ADMINTOOL_ScreenConnect
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
backdoor discovery persistence privilege_escalation ransomware rat revoked_codesign
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
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in Windows directory
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package
Drops file in System32 directory
Enumerates connected drives
ConnectWise ScreenConnect remote access tool
Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Sets service image path in registry
Signed with revoked ConnectWise certificate
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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
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


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Web download

ConnectWise

Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi 1a6a57e16626d4bfbbb84ab603083e46a536b5d101861ca7e5fe6947041a8938

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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