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Database Entry

ConnectWise

Vendor detections: 8

Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	838a421db4e9ae25ebf41b3c3bfe50c08f89f76a654ee51dbbb617fe54e9f145
SHA3-384 hash:	a0b067a3277c17f6fbdd1c4fb5ce6f48c249502804efd3e0d0e51013aa134bc6b11fa9dcd2b89a5ce54e4ab3c4f0a32d
SHA1 hash:	6c387dc46d93f793465c2a8e836b8edae5be7f66
MD5 hash:	5ee603cde7f439488c0a84e0bfefa93a
humanhash:	magnesium-july-fix-victor
File name:	malw5500.msi
Download:	download sample
Signature	ConnectWise Create hunting rule
File size:	13'529'088 bytes
First seen:	2026-07-29 17:03:32 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	msi
MIME type:	application/x-msi
ssdeep	196608:aHxcp9ym3oltDUJVMHxcp9ym3uHxcp9ym3GHxcp9ym3FHxcp9ym3aHxcp9ym3NHk:oGpmpTGp8GpUGp3GpoGp/Gp
TLSH	T1E5D623156BF89278F1F22A35E876A0B1A5377C525E22D12E2324790E2C75EC0C9B3777
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	BlinkzSec
Tags:	ConnectWise

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware configuration found for:

MSI

Details

Link:

https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/27f8e6b5-0d61-4cd1-8b80-5ccf8401b1db/

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/76729/

Verdict:

Likely Malicious

Threat level:

7.5/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-debug anti-vm base64 CAB evasive expand expired-cert explorer fingerprint installer installer lolbin lolbin overlay packed packed reconnaissance rundll32 wix

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6a6a356ef17339a3f03946e8/reports/96b6b1ec-4677-4d53-a6e6-bd4c5926fb51/overview

Verdict:

Unknown

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/838a421db4e9ae25ebf41b3c3bfe50c08f89f76a654ee51dbbb617fe54e9f145

Verdict:

Adware

File Type:

msi

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/838a421db4e9ae25ebf41b3c3bfe50c08f89f76a654ee51dbbb617fe54e9f145/results?tab=lookup

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

Link:

https://app.malva.re/file/5ee603cde7f439488c0a84e0bfefa93a

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/838a421db4e9ae25ebf41b3c3bfe50c08f89f76a654ee51dbbb617fe54e9f145/

Threat name:

ByteCode-MSIL.PUA.RAdminConnectWise

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-07-29 16:36:05 UTC

File Type:

Binary (Archive)

Extracted files:

179

AV detection:

10 of 36 (27.78%)

Threat level:

1/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=qofeehnu5gxcl27udm6dx7sqychyt53kmvhokhn3wyl74vhj6fcq._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

ADMINTOOL_ScreenConnect

Link:

https://reports.threatray.com/3fcf9863-0515-4795-84aa-50b6c70869a7

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

8/10

Tags:

discovery persistence privilege_escalation ransomware revoked_codesign

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260729-vljnbabr4s/

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 Windows directory

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package

Drops file in System32 directory

Enumerates connected drives

Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking

Executes dropped EXE

Loads dropped DLL

Sets service image path in registry

Signed with revoked ConnectWise certificate

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Malicious File

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/838a421db4e9ae25ebf41b3c3bfe50c08f89f76a654ee51dbbb617fe54e9f145

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

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

Rule name:	RANSOMWARE Create hunting rule
Author:	ToroGuitar

Rule name:	win_evilconwi_w0 Create hunting rule
Author:	Karsten Hahn @ G DATA CyberDefense
Description:	Settings from app.config that hide the connection of the client. These settings are potentially unwanted