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ConnectWise


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: a598ad779f56a4214df69eb83619a9295fd74b72cbf96f0f4a5492016b9f394b
SHA3-384 hash: 2e783ca3158d2b1927fe8188919dc07f75f99adfa0e5256d1ab3fe92ab27fffb1e8532c533fee46f53726a50b484a097
SHA1 hash: 362e65b48a327bf08df4309834db4f79c4dc887f
MD5 hash: 26c7fb067949f236984110f6610afef7
humanhash: papa-delta-twenty-asparagus
File name:a598ad779f56a4214df69eb83619a9295fd74b72cbf96f0f4a5492016b9f394b
Download: download sample
Signature ConnectWise
Create hunting rule
File size:11'251'712 bytes
First seen:2025-12-30 10:23:31 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi
MIME type:application/x-msi
ssdeep 196608:GJEAMYgjgF0yANlDdIe8E9d00AGTHGbQE9d00AGIHGbQE9d00AGcHGbQE9d00AG:Gz/gj203NldoEd5mkEdOmkEdSmkEd
Threatray 1'213 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T169B6230573F86519F2F72F36AD3A92A15C7A7C610E61D15E2648324E0AB1EC19FB2733
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 JAMESWT_WT
Tags:ConnectWise msi pingserv-pro

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
31
Origin country :
IT IT
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
MSI
Details
MSI
an embedded setup program or component
Link:
https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/e3c6acc1-8fba-4b64-a993-355bcc62beb8/
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/46544/
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
96.5%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=6953a8667468b4bd1c8edc34
Tags:
connectwise shellcode virus
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-vm base64 evasive expand explorer fingerprint installer installer lolbin lolbin packed remoteadmin rundll32 wix
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6953a8588d1aa9829e271abe/reports/cfd81ce2-d692-45fa-8eae-9b71f79ba54e/overview
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/a598ad779f56a4214df69eb83619a9295fd74b72cbf96f0f4a5492016b9f394b
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Link:
https://labs.inquest.net/dfi/sha256/a598ad779f56a4214df69eb83619a9295fd74b72cbf96f0f4a5492016b9f394b
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Verdict:
Adware
File Type:
msi
First seen:
2025-12-25T16:54:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-28T15:50:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
not-a-virus:VHO:RemoteAdmin.MSIL.ConnectWise.gen not-a-virus:HEUR:RemoteAdmin.Win32.ConnectWise.gen not-a-virus:HEUR:RemoteAdmin.MSIL.ConnectWise.gen
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/a598ad779f56a4214df69eb83619a9295fd74b72cbf96f0f4a5492016b9f394b/results?tab=lookup
Score:
45%
Verdict:
Susipicious
File Type:
ARCHIVE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/a598ad779f56a4214df69eb83619a9295fd74b72cbf96f0f4a5492016b9f394b
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
Link:
https://app.malva.re/file/26c7fb067949f236984110f6610afef7
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/a598ad779f56a4214df69eb83619a9295fd74b72cbf96f0f4a5492016b9f394b/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
RemoteAdmin.MSIL.ConnectWise
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/a598ad779f56a4214df69eb83619a9295fd74b72cbf96f0f4a5492016b9f394b
Threat name:
Win32.PUA.ScamSConnect
Create hunting rule
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-18 01:05:20 UTC
File Type:
Binary (Archive)
Extracted files:
346
AV detection:
9 of 36 (25.00%)
Threat level:
  1/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=uwmk2547k2scctpwt24dmgnjffp5os3szp4w6d2kksjac247hffq._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
admintool_screenconnect
Create hunting rule
Similar samples:
1e27ef7fb06896dbb30f2a7e10ac71adf68c4650013963bed181f0803235c2ff
ConnectWise
63505f13269fbcf30eb3533ce2ba4ec3b9b04bd48f278ac5813779bc0f8416b7
ConnectWise
ab258b4e6868de773c9d532d7410a53a3a81861163ac0238100d1bdd8f2b0ed1
ConnectWise
error
ConnectWise
+ 1'203 additional samples on MalwareBazaar
Gathering data
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
exploit
YARA:
cve_2014_6352
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/3e7c079a-488d-4d7d-99a9-a89badebe1b8
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/a598ad779f56a4214df69eb83619a9295fd74b72cbf96f0f4a5492016b9f394b

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

File information

The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/46544/

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