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ConnectWise


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b4e988f97c9b06b35028214b49a0fc67a7e55ee8adf6f980b05c74625a0d8021
SHA3-384 hash: 88d43f9bfb5b0afb4f658e47de026069239328c439afcc3cec1e8395127efa77e23b869ab219d62d15c9e2b3176d35c6
SHA1 hash: 55d69e943d4f676bec10045c680efd2ba2c42db3
MD5 hash: 8893d3d905294313d92cd7fce1b5115d
humanhash: low-hydrogen-summer-aspen
File name:ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
Download: download sample
Signature ConnectWise
File size:13'447'168 bytes
First seen:2025-11-16 19:42:23 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi
MIME type:application/x-msi
ssdeep 393216:rxIQzckZxIQznxIQzlxIQzrxIQzLxIQzzxIQzP:JzfzVzjzJzpzhzP
TLSH T171D6231123FC0815F5B35B35ED7A92A1D83A7E65BE22D04E1760F81E2EB1D809E62773
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 juroots
Tags:ConnectWise msi

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
57
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
90.9%
Tags:
connectwise shellcode virus msil
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug base64 expand expired-cert installer installer lolbin packed remoteadmin rundll32
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
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:
2025-11-17T16:30:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-17T16:42:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
not-a-virus:HEUR:RemoteAdmin.MSIL.ConnectWise.gen
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
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
RemoteAdmin.MSIL.ConnectWise
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.PUA.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-11-15 21:46:04 UTC
File Type:
Binary (Archive)
Extracted files:
175
AV detection:
9 of 24 (37.50%)
Threat level:
  1/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
admintool_screenconnect
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
backdoor discovery persistence privilege_escalation ransomware rat revoked_codesign
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 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
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package
Drops file in System32 directory
Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking
Enumerates connected drives
ConnectWise ScreenConnect remote access tool
Binary is signed using a ConnectWise certificate revoked for key compromise.
Sets service image path in registry
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
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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
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:INDICATOR_RMM_ConnectWise_ScreenConnect
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects ConnectWise Control (formerly ScreenConnect). Review RMM Inventory
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


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