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Database Entry



ConnectWise


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 434ffec81e6c1be4873754fa5854fd6c5b3d387a4b9f2119a7bfec8bbe181d9f
SHA3-384 hash: 1c1b7854025a07ab876b286418009bb476a4464d45cb1975fcb102a8ec7b173f5e0115d74cca34400b9f91a177f8791a
SHA1 hash: 5bce0848e9583ce06feb197cfe8b5d855687c966
MD5 hash: 34e491628226e530a2a298f6e1a5c960
humanhash: quiet-march-six-hawaii
File name:472922.msi
Download: download sample
Signature ConnectWise
File size:11'698'176 bytes
First seen:2026-09-12 20:22:23 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi
MIME type:application/x-msi
ssdeep 196608:QrnLYG3zDhukOUrnLYG3zErnLYG3zSrnLYG3z8rnLYG3zgrnLYG3z:QbDDDgvUbDDEbDDSbDD8bDDgbDD
TLSH T18FC6233267FD4918E1F36778ED3A91E291367C65CF12C08F2654786E6871E8096A333B
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

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
70
Origin country :
CL CL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Gathering data
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-vm base64 CAB evasive expand expired-cert explorer fingerprint hacktool installer installer lolbin lolbin overlay packed packed reconnaissance rundll32
Verdict:
Suspicious
Labled as:
RemoteAdmin.ConnectWiseControl
Verdict:
Adware
File Type:
msi
First seen:
2026-05-06T18:42:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-05-07T10:35:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
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: 0.24 SOS: 0.25 SOS: 0.26 SOS: 0.27 SOS: 0.31 SOS: 0.32 SOS: 0.36 SOS: 0.39 SOS: 0.64
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.PUA.ConnectWise
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-05-06 01:04:01 UTC
File Type:
Binary (Archive)
Extracted files:
173
AV detection:
13 of 36 (36.11%)
Threat level:
  1/5
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 SendNotifyMessage
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

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 434ffec81e6c1be4873754fa5854fd6c5b3d387a4b9f2119a7bfec8bbe181d9f

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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