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Database Entry

ConnectWise

Vendor detections: 9

Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	a018b9018d5f50d67da3e7c455bc3e3886b41be0b362b6709f012ee35a2a6b2d
SHA3-384 hash:	b58bcfde46cc3914bc5521f888634f4f9b508a54881e2d44b72185aaf7c6add74e49cac3ebd668ab5e55217866bbcfa9
SHA1 hash:	eb61314899230575a9a5e307b344a89ae31539f9
MD5 hash:	5e0a491224b14580d04e8cae8ee9466f
humanhash:	glucose-batman-thirteen-ink
File name:	a018b9018d5f50d67da3e7c455bc3e3886b41be0b362b6709f012ee35a2a6b2d.msi
Download:	download sample
Signature	ConnectWise Create hunting rule
File size:	13'463'552 bytes
First seen:	2026-10-02 01:17:39 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	msi
MIME type:	application/x-msi
ssdeep	196608:zHxcp9ym3nltDUJV6Hxcp9ym3mHxcp9ym3+Hxcp9ym3UHxcp9ym3EHxcp9ym3LHH:dGplpZGp0GpMGpyGpiGpVGpM
TLSH	T130D623116BF89678F0F22A35E876A0B1A5377D125E22D12E2324791E2C75EC0C9B3777
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	whack_sh
Tags:	ConnectWise msi

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/412feccb-a7ed-4ea8-974b-df72434e408d/

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/90217/

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

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

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6abf0656cc403f193fcd5dbd/reports/f460baa9-1151-4404-ab8f-e75516c52aac/overview

Verdict:

Unknown

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/a018b9018d5f50d67da3e7c455bc3e3886b41be0b362b6709f012ee35a2a6b2d

Verdict:

Adware

File Type:

msi

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/a018b9018d5f50d67da3e7c455bc3e3886b41be0b362b6709f012ee35a2a6b2d/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/5e0a491224b14580d04e8cae8ee9466f

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/a018b9018d5f50d67da3e7c455bc3e3886b41be0b362b6709f012ee35a2a6b2d/

Threat name:

ByteCode-MSIL.PUA.ConnectWise

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-09-30 23:23:46 UTC

File Type:

Binary (Archive)

Extracted files:

175

AV detection:

16 of 36 (44.44%)

Threat level:

1/5

Detection(s):

Malicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=uamlsamnl5inm7nd47cflpb6hcdlig7awnrlm4e7aexogwrknmwq._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

ADMINTOOL_ScreenConnect

Link:

https://reports.threatray.com/7fbc5008-ec8f-42d4-ab09-03457fb13724

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

7/10

Tags:

discovery persistence privilege_escalation ransomware

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/261002-bn23wssgng/

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

Loads dropped DLL

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/a018b9018d5f50d67da3e7c455bc3e3886b41be0b362b6709f012ee35a2a6b2d

YARA Signatures

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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