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Database Entry



ConnectWise


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 33 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: cc965e6df4b6bcf2512131d889fac685f2b14f3d37cdbecd4fce2a7d4d5a9fad
SHA3-384 hash: b3993299f815203e4fe3c799a06d6847ff9e00ff5fceb7b43a975bd321b403df7ab21f148e6aabbdd3b8fcd364af22ae
SHA1 hash: 760b8eb26993b341513e8b6efb395653b20c7ff5
MD5 hash: 8233b7e9c75a81d7963006804d984d16
humanhash: ink-oven-red-whiskey
File name:cc965e6df4b6bcf2512131d889fac685f2b14f3d37cdbecd4fce2a7d4d5a9fad.exe
Download: download sample
Signature ConnectWise
File size:12'842'552 bytes
First seen:2026-11-07 01:41:58 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash 9771ee6344923fa220489ab01239bdfd (858 x ConnectWise)
ssdeep 393216:JFri04SOLbX1QFri04SOLmFri04SOLeFri04SOLg:JMrSOLreMrSOLmMrSOLeMrSOLg
TLSH T111D61211B3F59675D1FB0638E87AA3615A35BC014B12C7AF6794792A2D327C08E323B7
TrID 29.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
22.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
20.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
9.1% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
9.0% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika pebin
Reporter Tuxxin
Tags:ConnectWise exe signed

Code Signing Certificate

Organisation:ConnectWise, LLC
Issuer:DigiCert Trusted G4 Code Signing RSA4096 SHA384 2021 CA1
Algorithm:sha256WithRSAEncryption
Valid from:2026-02-20T00:00:00Z
Valid to:2027-02-19T23:59:59Z
Serial number: 01dddbc6e9163d407d980a3eaf798528
Intelligence: 170 malware samples on MalwareBazaar are signed with this code signing certificate
Thumbprint Algorithm:SHA256
Thumbprint: e1db8670d34a3d8099b9815c9772b37025a7b5d1845ec5256eb22dad7e196725
Source:This information was brought to you by ReversingLabs A1000 Malware Analysis Platform

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
180
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
ScreenConnect
Details
Malware family:
connectwise
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-11-07 02:47:08 UTC
Tags:
screenconnect rmm-tool tool remote connectwise rat

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug base64 corrupted evasive installer-heuristic microsoft_visual_cc overlay packed packed privilege reconnaissance signed
Malware family:
ConnectWise Inc
Verdict:
Suspicious
Result
Threat name:
ScreenConnect Tool
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
66 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
.NET source code references suspicious native API functions
Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall)
Contains functionality to hide user accounts
Enables network access during safeboot for specific services
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Modifies security policies related information
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Remote Access Tool - ScreenConnect Suspicious Execution
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 2000312 Sample: 0Hj8ePsACu.exe Startdate: 07/11/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 66 80 instance-xp89kx-relay.screenconnect.com 2->80 82 check.screenconnect.com 2->82 88 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->88 90 .NET source code contains potential unpacker 2->90 92 .NET source code references suspicious native API functions 2->92 94 3 other signatures 2->94 8 msiexec.exe 94 48 2->8         started        12 0Hj8ePsACu.exe 6 2->12         started        14 ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe 2->14         started        17 7 other processes 2->17 signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 62 C:\Windows\Installer\MSIF379.tmp, PE32 8->62 dropped 64 C:\Windows\Installer\MSIF116.tmp, PE32 8->64 dropped 66 C:\...\ScreenConnect.WindowsFileManager.exe, PE32 8->66 dropped 70 9 other files (7 malicious) 8->70 dropped 100 Enables network access during safeboot for specific services 8->100 102 Modifies security policies related information 8->102 19 msiexec.exe 8->19         started        21 msiexec.exe 8->21         started        23 msiexec.exe 8->23         started        68 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\0Hj8ePsACu.exe.log, ASCII 12->68 dropped 104 Contains functionality to hide user accounts 12->104 25 msiexec.exe 8 12->25         started        84 instance-xp89kx-relay.screenconnect.com 54.161.63.87, 443, 49713 AMAZON-AES-AmazoncomIncUS United States 14->84 28 ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe 14->28         started        86 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 17->86 106 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 17->106 31 MpCmdRun.exe 17->31         started        file6 signatures7 process8 file9 33 rundll32.exe 15 13 19->33         started        38 rundll32.exe 12 19->38         started        40 rundll32.exe 11 19->40         started        72 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\MSIEADE.tmp, PE32 25->72 dropped 74 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\MSIE270.tmp, PE32 25->74 dropped 76 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\MSIDE78.tmp, PE32 25->76 dropped 108 Contains functionality to hide user accounts 28->108 42 conhost.exe 31->42         started        signatures10 process11 dnsIp12 78 check.screenconnect.com 44.217.253.46, 443, 49711 AMAZON-AES-AmazoncomIncUS United States 33->78 44 C:\...\ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll, PE32 33->44 dropped 46 C:\Users\user\...\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll, PE32 33->46 dropped 48 C:\...\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll, PE32 33->48 dropped 56 5 other malicious files 33->56 dropped 96 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 33->96 98 Contains functionality to hide user accounts 33->98 58 8 other malicious files 38->58 dropped 50 C:\...\ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.dll, PE32 40->50 dropped 52 C:\Users\user\...\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll, PE32 40->52 dropped 54 C:\...\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll, PE32 40->54 dropped 60 5 other malicious files 40->60 dropped file13 signatures14
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
12 match(es)
Tags:
.Net CAB:COMPRESSION:LZX CAB:COMPRESSION:NONE Executable Html Managed .NET PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.00 SOS: 0.07 SOS: 0.21 SOS: 0.24 SOS: 0.25 SOS: 0.27 SOS: 0.28 SOS: 0.31 SOS: 0.32 SOS: 0.36 SOS: 0.39 Win 32 Exe x86
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
ADMINTOOL_ScreenConnect
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
backdoor discovery persistence privilege_escalation ransomware rat
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 SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
Enumerates physical storage devices
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
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
Checks computer location settings
Drops file in System32 directory
Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking
Enumerates connected drives
ConnectWise ScreenConnect remote access tool
Badlisted process makes network request
Sets service image path in registry
Malware Family:
n/a
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
ConventionEngine_Anomaly_MultiPDB_Quintuple_Plus ConventionEngine_Keyword_Install ConventionEngine_Term_Users WMI_strings UNPROTECT_disable_process Antivirus_strings
Malware Family:
connectwise
Malicious:
True
Tags:
signed overlay persistence calls-wmi obfuscated checks-network-adapters checks-usb-bus detect-debug-environment long-sleeps
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
cc965e6df4b6bcf2512131d889fac685f2b14f3d37cdbecd4fce2a7d4d5a9fad
MD5 hash:
8233b7e9c75a81d7963006804d984d16
SHA1 hash:
760b8eb26993b341513e8b6efb395653b20c7ff5
Detections:
INDICATOR_EXE_DotNET_Encrypted INDICATOR_RMM_ConnectWise_ScreenConnect
SH256 hash:
8a55c15cc76e31042e17458c479772aa95bc1b908016c85b1dc8b8e3eff23254
MD5 hash:
decb1fd20d75e6eade9289cc24605f29
SHA1 hash:
5169602d641c4f2ebd9ca0639622949e00c25566
SH256 hash:
0f6f89308bfca67a9ea15751125e30f9d3b25bd9c32e3bb99c1102c3f9a1128b
MD5 hash:
318bbaa1e26bb0fe60ea9687a54e6bcf
SHA1 hash:
96672755c0df0690e018b20717ce64506a001520
SH256 hash:
24671116eab5a97c5d15c4d7b434adff9ad2119db9b487490f4b251f28167069
MD5 hash:
393495a71c91b6603e001ab903da24c5
SHA1 hash:
877d2acc2e8283a2c5de521bf28afff62817965b
SH256 hash:
2ebb4c48e5f411d95332996c6c141278c42fafbd44cd226c82fc4a483106050f
MD5 hash:
6093b5c96d1b2247209c10179187a09b
SHA1 hash:
b7790f8db6faee9624e1f4c101593377770c4e95
SH256 hash:
be1e3522a20c244b3e20b4f7bc2fc736b6103c930d6cf8366e0bb97cb82d5241
MD5 hash:
1ff37b4e9718566e21dfa25988ffef07
SHA1 hash:
5f33f8a149b9378ba04f37a0c5de875222f63ff6
SH256 hash:
289a4eea79baa4141744e44d60db713e18b5f23322663c63047962f51b467614
MD5 hash:
48979a1a6d3badea8124bce04b1e01a5
SHA1 hash:
06931bd96343ce167eda796112a30ca8d9fa536a
SH256 hash:
b3884d3bad15dab5114e7507d6618da4b034e46a0ee6c1b24acadc7da65b2909
MD5 hash:
ebf297cdb8d64b17ea7cc9744918dc03
SHA1 hash:
27a809760cdc4c2da84f544b13602cd62b3e89bd
SH256 hash:
4c281797c351fed77890634006a51bc3a6c60efa4c831fe21934353f304cdf61
MD5 hash:
74a49646471dc45de9152a87b1ad5e66
SHA1 hash:
368d84c14dd84888ce32c87629f8138b14cbc87c
Detections:
INDICATOR_RMM_ConnectWise_ScreenConnect SUSP_NET_Shellcode_Loader_Indicators_Jan24
SH256 hash:
9fc3bde4603f9b4a1fce25ccf0112b51fb976ab92bd0a567dfa6df099cabccc8
MD5 hash:
89bd2ab4022ad7ebe5d2bca4667b94cb
SHA1 hash:
6fc61ad708c007fbb619924980de11e8764ffe0b
SH256 hash:
19ac323ca6eae2f8145cdc2bac865b32cd5a48ad6ff199d4ca7da214b056e1dc
MD5 hash:
5fb6074b08ac4709cf2f29fa5b49023e
SHA1 hash:
8bbb78a47c08867c50572f0bd2a27171f91e0454
SH256 hash:
ad6062215032ab58369403b1221562b5e7fb5ae7d52b29b7fad69eefb2d8455b
MD5 hash:
723f2aaeeda1d2bb2f49322da349ffc9
SHA1 hash:
ac6ab994beaff69adf8a2dc480a8a628175ff6c8
SH256 hash:
9342c7be8036a5f8dc3895d75e3314dce961fd3bc70ee59928c67fa04f0c7e08
MD5 hash:
5419ff27205d3e5affa3fc18b811b843
SHA1 hash:
cf49072c50456381cd26cd32cb97606c5f5cfd26
SH256 hash:
7fcba418fd772a38e420238d49e8301f23caf47eadcef400ecab8738813d9694
MD5 hash:
7c6dd06051409a1c54dfc9e264e2a218
SHA1 hash:
e869a68b82b7bcfd8e6683b0a6a6486868e949d7
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
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:exploit_any_poppopret
Author:Jeff White [karttoon@gmail.com] @noottrak
Description:Identify POP -> POP -> RET opcodes for quick ROP Gadget creation in target binaries.
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:INDICATOR_EXE_DotNET_Encrypted
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects encrypted or obfuscated .NET executables
Rule name:INDICATOR_RMM_ConnectWise_ScreenConnect
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects ConnectWise Control (formerly ScreenConnect). Review RMM Inventory
Rule name:Malware_PE_NET_KoiLoader
Author:Serhii Kocherhan
Description:Detects Koi Loader .NET executables packed with Confuser featuring specific mutex, assembly metadata, and unmanaged DLL imports
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:TigerRAT_pe_yaraify
Author:hunts-yara-code
Description:YARAify-tightened byte rule from 9 sample(s) -- VERIFY hits
Rule name:WIN_Malware_ACRStealer_ForgeAuto_1084c837_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects ACRStealer (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_SalatStealer_ForgeAuto_542e717b
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects SalatStealer (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_1762e598_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_2ffc3572
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_37b4704b
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_43faefd2
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_5001c94c
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_6717780a_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_74566f98
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_79234c04
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_7e8e91c4
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_92a28498
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_ce8c5b46
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_e596237b_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_f1079127
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_XWorm_ForgeAuto_6b06c990_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects XWorm (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Sample_Unique_69354b41
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Specimen unique (soumission Bazaar) - strings distinctifs propres au sample
Reference:69354b41e10daf03d3f3af881b32d5c0fec56b1cfe96629fd4c5263413a42854.exe

File information


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

Web download

ConnectWise

Executable exe cc965e6df4b6bcf2512131d889fac685f2b14f3d37cdbecd4fce2a7d4d5a9fad

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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