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ConnectWise


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 1e4d6715cfaad3943b71fa529402e678bd23913811b31a21481a5a8a2e1f3499
SHA3-384 hash: 8e0a821c8bf3d31c14cfaf7c53354b8b697284efe054ffed705f93fd7edc579878989b4bcf8a85720bd3be01476e57ca
SHA1 hash: b835fd8056d6ffafab03363b503b55edff4838e8
MD5 hash: 10307d817b2eccac5e053b5ab835ab53
humanhash: alaska-vegan-pennsylvania-california
File name:ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
Download: download sample
Signature ConnectWise
File size:13'647'872 bytes
First seen:2025-12-04 18:05:05 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi
MIME type:application/x-msi
ssdeep 196608:cHxcp9ym3nltDUJVzHxcp9ym37Hxcp9ym3CHxcp9ym3iHxcp9ym3cHxcp9ym3aHv:6GplpoGpFGpQGpwGp6GpoGpA
TLSH T169D623116BF8D668F0F62A39E8B6A0B0A5377D125D22D12E6324791E2C75EC0C973737
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 Anonymous
Tags:ConnectWise msi

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
39
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
MSI
Details
MSI
an embedded setup program or component
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-vm base64 evasive expand expired-cert explorer fingerprint installer installer lolbin lolbin packed rundll32
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Verdict:
Adware
File Type:
msi
First seen:
2025-11-25T03:34:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-06T11:48:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
BSS:Trojan.Win32.Generic.nblk BSS:Trojan.Win32.Generic not-a-virus:HEUR:RemoteAdmin.MSIL.ConnectWise.gen not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.MSIL.ConnectWise.d not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.MSIL.ConnectWise.c not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.MSIL.ConnectWise.b not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.MSIL.ConnectWise.a
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 SOS: 0.21 SOS: 0.24 SOS: 0.25 SOS: 0.26 SOS: 0.27 SOS: 0.31 SOS: 0.32 SOS: 0.36 SOS: 0.39
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
RemoteAdmin.MSIL.ConnectWise
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.PUA.RAdminConnectWise
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-24 23:42:22 UTC
File Type:
Binary (Archive)
Extracted files:
175
AV detection:
9 of 23 (39.13%)
Threat level:
  1/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
admintool_screenconnect
Similar samples:
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 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
Binary is signed using a ConnectWise certificate revoked for key compromise.
Sets service image path in registry
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
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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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