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Database Entry

ConnectWise

Vendor detections: 12

Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	5ac8a9a6e2c82f5d99ff071df7d0c2d11e46bbf62b2f7f19d492b9a71ffca256
SHA3-384 hash:	80d57155e99de7808921fd8d9bcbceaa4a8b8ce3e38c3b5a328617f609ba20414dcf93b2617cc1d6489e814f5bd39d61
SHA1 hash:	bda0b6647de6547af20e8b45afa85d42986c4dee
MD5 hash:	9f21efd0e61212d2f2159932c0ff332e
humanhash:	sierra-fix-lemon-freddie
File name:	ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	ConnectWise Create hunting rule
File size:	5'637'672 bytes
First seen:	2026-08-13 18:47:58 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	9771ee6344923fa220489ab01239bdfd (681 x ConnectWise)
ssdeep	98304:nzs6efPhFFNUhJFF3s+BoiGg1Gc977zbt:zfefPCFF3bBR1H9773
TLSH	T18746E002B3D695B6D4BF063CD87A42A96674BC044712C7BF57D4BD692D32BC08E323A6
TrID	29.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2) 22.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 20.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1) 9.1% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13) 9.0% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika	pebin
Reporter	BlinkzSec
Tags:	ConnectWise signed

Code Signing Certificate

Organisation:	Connectwise, LLC
Issuer:	DigiCert Trusted G4 Code Signing RSA4096 SHA384 2021 CA1
Algorithm:	sha256WithRSAEncryption
Valid from:	2022-08-17T00:00:00Z
Valid to:	2025-08-15T23:59:59Z
Serial number:	0b9360051bccf66642998998d5ba97ce
Intelligence:	1087 malware samples on MalwareBazaar are signed with this code signing certificate
Thumbprint Algorithm:	SHA256
Thumbprint:	82b4e7924d5bed84fb16ddf8391936eb301479cec707dc14e23bc22b8cdeae28
Source:	This information was brought to you by ReversingLabs A1000 Malware Analysis Platform

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

No detections

Malware family:

n/a

ID:

File name:

exe

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2026-08-13 18:55:14 UTC

Tags:

screenconnect rmm-tool tool remote

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/d98bd2cb-ab6f-4ec9-bb1f-891597d3896f

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/80937/

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Loading a suspicious library

Deleting a recently created file

Modifying a system file

Creating a file in the Windows subdirectories

Creating a file in the Program Files subdirectories

Launching a service

Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories

Launching a process

Creating a file

Creating a window

Сreating synchronization primitives

Searching for synchronization primitives

Enabling autorun with the shell\open\command registry branches

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-debug base64 corrupted evasive expand expired-cert lolbin microsoft_visual_cc net overlay packed packed privilege reconnaissance revoked-cert rundll32 signed

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6a7e11bd2bf299a840c2be93/reports/274a72e3-8ab8-4aec-b619-28cbd3386b8d/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

HackTool/ConnectWiseControl.i

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/5ac8a9a6e2c82f5d99ff071df7d0c2d11e46bbf62b2f7f19d492b9a71ffca256

Verdict:

Adware

File Type:

exe x32

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/5ac8a9a6e2c82f5d99ff071df7d0c2d11e46bbf62b2f7f19d492b9a71ffca256/results?tab=lookup

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/ea5dfbad-4c2c-4c69-af11-74b638435055

Score:

99%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/5ac8a9a6e2c82f5d99ff071df7d0c2d11e46bbf62b2f7f19d492b9a71ffca256

Verdict:

inconclusive

YARA:

9 match(es)

Tags:

.Net CAB:COMPRESSION:LZX Executable Managed .NET PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout PE Memory-Mapped (Dump) SOS: 0.00 SOS: 0.07 SOS: 0.21 SOS: 0.23 SOS: 0.24 SOS: 0.25 SOS: 0.26 SOS: 0.27 SOS: 0.31 SOS: 0.36 SOS: 0.39 Win 32 Exe x86

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/9f21efd0e61212d2f2159932c0ff332e

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/5ac8a9a6e2c82f5d99ff071df7d0c2d11e46bbf62b2f7f19d492b9a71ffca256/

Threat name:

Win32.Malware.Heuristic

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-08-13 18:25:01 UTC

File Type:

PE (Exe)

Extracted files:

174

AV detection:

10 of 36 (27.78%)

Threat level:

2/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=llektjxczaxv3gp7a4o7pugc2epeno7wfmxx6gousk42oh74ujla._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

ADMINTOOL_ScreenConnect

Link:

https://reports.threatray.com/ca561591-58a3-47a7-85eb-aa8df0fa2bcc

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

8/10

Tags:

discovery ransomware revoked_codesign

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260813-xf12hsek6s/

Behaviour

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

Checks SCSI registry key(s)

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS

Modifies registry class

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Enumerates physical storage devices

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Drops file in Program Files directory

Drops file in Windows directory

Enumerates connected drives

Checks computer location settings

Loads dropped DLL

Signed with revoked ConnectWise certificate

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

5ac8a9a6e2c82f5d99ff071df7d0c2d11e46bbf62b2f7f19d492b9a71ffca256

MD5 hash:

9f21efd0e61212d2f2159932c0ff332e

SHA1 hash:

bda0b6647de6547af20e8b45afa85d42986c4dee

Detections:

triage_screenconnect_rat

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/11715bb7-6785-40b9-ab8c-828dd99af4fc/

SH256 hash:

8a55c15cc76e31042e17458c479772aa95bc1b908016c85b1dc8b8e3eff23254

MD5 hash:

decb1fd20d75e6eade9289cc24605f29

SHA1 hash:

5169602d641c4f2ebd9ca0639622949e00c25566

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/11715bb7-6785-40b9-ab8c-828dd99af4fc/

SH256 hash:

289a4eea79baa4141744e44d60db713e18b5f23322663c63047962f51b467614

MD5 hash:

48979a1a6d3badea8124bce04b1e01a5

SHA1 hash:

06931bd96343ce167eda796112a30ca8d9fa536a

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/11715bb7-6785-40b9-ab8c-828dd99af4fc/

SH256 hash:

67c9969a8e9a678bf79e99a0fa004b2b443053418d8907d02a80bcbc4b2e60ae

MD5 hash:

736d7e19f7a397952b9bd011f069934b

SHA1 hash:

1da0bdfb0d4850d54422a872d9ca48b221936829

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/11715bb7-6785-40b9-ab8c-828dd99af4fc/

Parent samples :

006930b41d4187f382d805989c3f1cc709d626d36a9bb1d6eacd45887c78e815
55a2d2db3cd1b2906f2d5440abdcc758bc5e30ca6343b8492df4c011095666df
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67b0c562eb5b9122da536ea86dee4fdb897cd903c4db5cd7902a6c063fc31e6d
0719453ecc8382af1e151b86d483f1c5dc4c49dd860e59125bb1f0cc53851133
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929dc73f49dcb6f03b9de070f90b1243f0536e40c2275a9f41faf0b221d5a6ae
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a4d935e13ad2b0519afe895b7c4348b6610dd90d971e30ac6e553f8e39890811
a4880a2d4ccebee86a3c520a0d6a5671fcd96676277e00391f04d53866e61838

SH256 hash:

b9a3883a13b0d4d6dd984688cefc21b3954a8d543eb12c8c5e6260ee2c77c8aa

MD5 hash:

323e0b7d52aa3dc01d2f193c9c1938a9

SHA1 hash:

777bde91f6ff77870b6860a5aeaf689607920d74

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/11715bb7-6785-40b9-ab8c-828dd99af4fc/

Parent samples :

SH256 hash:

a169bdcfece78956904eae6fdebb2100932f4872698e7f69fa24076ade81616d

MD5 hash:

1e3cb0520842c487a632879de0802941

SHA1 hash:

7904e8b46d5d16c4606943e3b45a8e5380c8b005

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/11715bb7-6785-40b9-ab8c-828dd99af4fc/

SH256 hash:

19ac323ca6eae2f8145cdc2bac865b32cd5a48ad6ff199d4ca7da214b056e1dc

MD5 hash:

5fb6074b08ac4709cf2f29fa5b49023e

SHA1 hash:

8bbb78a47c08867c50572f0bd2a27171f91e0454

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/11715bb7-6785-40b9-ab8c-828dd99af4fc/

SH256 hash:

2c468d89962f3c8ba4ce179f916e06e4105b414f809768f168e59fc8bc179e0e

MD5 hash:

b943a467d2ed3f3b5595c7fc3130ae33

SHA1 hash:

922b6947c45a1e4ae4ae27037edd17d1685b9eeb

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/11715bb7-6785-40b9-ab8c-828dd99af4fc/

SH256 hash:

ad6062215032ab58369403b1221562b5e7fb5ae7d52b29b7fad69eefb2d8455b

MD5 hash:

723f2aaeeda1d2bb2f49322da349ffc9

SHA1 hash:

ac6ab994beaff69adf8a2dc480a8a628175ff6c8

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/11715bb7-6785-40b9-ab8c-828dd99af4fc/

SH256 hash:

9342c7be8036a5f8dc3895d75e3314dce961fd3bc70ee59928c67fa04f0c7e08

MD5 hash:

5419ff27205d3e5affa3fc18b811b843

SHA1 hash:

cf49072c50456381cd26cd32cb97606c5f5cfd26

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/11715bb7-6785-40b9-ab8c-828dd99af4fc/

SH256 hash:

2659f660691d65628d2fcc3bfc334686cd053f162cdb73bf7a0da0ac6449db92

MD5 hash:

7099c67fe850d902106c03d07bfb773b

SHA1 hash:

f597d519a59a5fd809e8a1e097fdd6e0077f72de

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/11715bb7-6785-40b9-ab8c-828dd99af4fc/

Parent samples :

SH256 hash:

8377a87625c04ca5d511ceec91b8c029f9901079abf62cf29cf1134c99fa2662

MD5 hash:

665a8c1e8ba78f0953bc87f0521905cc

SHA1 hash:

fe15e77e0aef283ced5afe77b8aecadc27fc86cf

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/11715bb7-6785-40b9-ab8c-828dd99af4fc/

Parent samples :

006930b41d4187f382d805989c3f1cc709d626d36a9bb1d6eacd45887c78e815
55a2d2db3cd1b2906f2d5440abdcc758bc5e30ca6343b8492df4c011095666df
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a4880a2d4ccebee86a3c520a0d6a5671fcd96676277e00391f04d53866e61838

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Threat name:

Malicious File

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/5ac8a9a6e2c82f5d99ff071df7d0c2d11e46bbf62b2f7f19d492b9a71ffca256

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:	CP_Script_Inject_Detector Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__API Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DetectEncryptedVariants Create hunting rule
Author:	Zinyth
Description:	Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded

Rule name:	golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Justin Cornwell
Description:	CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset

Rule name:	INDICATOR_EXE_DotNET_Encrypted Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects encrypted or obfuscated .NET executables

Rule name:	INDICATOR_RMM_ConnectWise_ScreenConnect Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects ConnectWise Control (formerly ScreenConnect). Review RMM Inventory

Rule name:	INDICATOR_RMM_ConnectWise_ScreenConnect_CERT Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects ConnectWise Control (formerly ScreenConnect) by (default) certificate. Review RMM Inventory

Rule name:	NET Create hunting rule
Author:	malware-lu

Rule name:	NETexecutableMicrosoft Create hunting rule
Author:	malware-lu

Rule name:	PE_Digital_Certificate Create hunting rule
Author:	albertzsigovits

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage Create hunting rule
Author:	XiAnzheng
Description:	May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)

Rule name:	telebot_framework Create hunting rule
Author:	vietdx.mb

Rule name:	TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE Create hunting rule
Author:	CYFARE
Description:	Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments
Reference:	https://cyfare.net/