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Database Entry



ConnectWise


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 6c055aa2fc1e9f7a6a5507a288d9a1a21b3dcd8ec81df84e1df5f6e6e7a35d8d
SHA3-384 hash: 69795533a0c56b807f60bf84f5166458abd831eec3d41a58591fc2353297e53f84037e87f917e054ac619da299683add
SHA1 hash: 0f2aef8059f982743d28468d6d878f9cc1b49116
MD5 hash: 8bf02f70e1a6603c5cd2edfba87c1d0a
humanhash: music-six-apart-juliet
File name:ConnectWiseControl.ClientSetup.msi
Download: download sample
Signature ConnectWise
File size:1'568'768 bytes
First seen:2026-10-11 15:09:26 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi
MIME type:application/x-msi
ssdeep 24576:kZPlmF0uwTKh56Z5vePu/DVeL1pVjeOLnUUGGu/aYmQurhwQUvm:Omh69eWbVypVCcgGu/aYmn1gm
TLSH T1F975012077F88439F6F62B31AE3A95609E3ABD241F71C15E8354351D0DB0A909BB6773
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 abuse_ch
Tags:ConnectWise msi rmm screenconnect

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
99
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
90.2%
Tags:
connectwise shellcode trojan spawn
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug base64 CAB expand expired-cert installer installer lolbin overlay packed reconnaissance reconnaissance rundll32
Result
Threat name:
ScreenConnect Tool
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
64 / 100
Signature
.NET source code references suspicious native API functions
Enables network access during safeboot for specific services
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Remote Access Tool - ScreenConnect Suspicious Execution
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1985515 Sample: ConnectWiseControl.ClientSe... Startdate: 11/10/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 64 53 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->53 55 .NET source code references suspicious native API functions 2->55 57 Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample 2->57 59 Sigma detected: Remote Access Tool - ScreenConnect Suspicious Execution 2->59 7 msiexec.exe 88 48 2->7         started        11 ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe 15 2 2->11         started        14 svchost.exe 2->14         started        16 7 other processes 2->16 process3 dnsIp4 33 C:\...\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe, PE32 7->33 dropped 35 C:\Windows\Installer\MSIAE10.tmp, PE32 7->35 dropped 37 C:\Windows\Installer\MSIAD15.tmp, PE32 7->37 dropped 41 8 other files (none is malicious) 7->41 dropped 61 Enables network access during safeboot for specific services 7->61 18 msiexec.exe 7->18         started        20 msiexec.exe 1 7->20         started        22 msiexec.exe 7->22         started        49 13.37.72.210, 8041 AMAZON-02-AmazoncomIncUS France 11->49 24 ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe 2 11->24         started        26 MpCmdRun.exe 1 14->26         started        51 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 16->51 39 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\MSIA486.tmp, PE32 16->39 dropped file5 signatures6 process7 process8 28 rundll32.exe 7 18->28         started        31 conhost.exe 26->31         started        file9 43 C:\...\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll, PE32 28->43 dropped 45 C:\Users\user\...\ScreenConnect.Core.dll, PE32 28->45 dropped 47 Microsoft.Deployme...indowsInstaller.dll, PE32 28->47 dropped
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: 0.30 SOS: 0.32 SOS: 0.33
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Malgent
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-11 01:07:51 UTC
File Type:
Binary (Archive)
Extracted files:
147
AV detection:
6 of 24 (25.00%)
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
Enumerates connected drives
Executes dropped EXE
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:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
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


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 6c055aa2fc1e9f7a6a5507a288d9a1a21b3dcd8ec81df84e1df5f6e6e7a35d8d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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