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Database Entry



ConnectWise


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: cd1fac62fa6465a63d1935b3c7c9a44537af23d211e1de05f64a9beedd3523cc
SHA3-384 hash: 352dfbcedbbee1f96074bd538115bc0efe053a6106a8dfce0291744a36af04c8ee25a22e056df984cf2fb98306c8b7e0
SHA1 hash: 96d61cdc0198a884f94e5f6a13ac2dbbb3580d3c
MD5 hash: 77401dd500fad9903ee2ba7ced0733fb
humanhash: failed-fourteen-fanta-solar
File name:ConnectWiseControl.ClientSetup.msi
Download: download sample
Signature ConnectWise
File size:1'568'768 bytes
First seen:2026-10-11 15:05:36 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi
MIME type:application/x-msi
ssdeep 24576:6ZPlmF0uwTKh56Z5vePu/DVeL1pVjeOCnUUGGu/aYmQurhwQUvk:wmh69eWbVypVChgGu/aYmn1gk
TLSH T13C75012077F88439F6F62B31AE3A95609E3ABD241F71C15E8354391D0DB0A909BB6773
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 abuse_ch
Tags:ConnectWise msi rmm screenconnect

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
93
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
92.5%
Tags:
connectwise shellcode trojan blic
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug base64 CAB expand expired-cert installer installer lolbin overlay packed reconnaissance reconnaissance rundll32
Result
Threat name:
ScreenConnect Tool
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
68 / 100
Signature
.NET source code references suspicious native API functions
Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall)
Enables network access during safeboot for specific services
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Remote Access Tool - ScreenConnect Suspicious Execution
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1985523 Sample: ConnectWiseControl.ClientSe... Startdate: 11/10/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 68 53 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->53 55 .NET source code references suspicious native API functions 2->55 57 Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample 2->57 59 Sigma detected: Remote Access Tool - ScreenConnect Suspicious Execution 2->59 7 msiexec.exe 88 48 2->7         started        11 svchost.exe 2->11         started        13 ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe 15 2 2->13         started        16 7 other processes 2->16 process3 dnsIp4 33 C:\...\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe, PE32 7->33 dropped 35 C:\Windows\Installer\MSIDFE4.tmp, PE32 7->35 dropped 37 C:\Windows\Installer\MSIDF85.tmp, PE32 7->37 dropped 41 8 other files (none is malicious) 7->41 dropped 61 Enables network access during safeboot for specific services 7->61 18 msiexec.exe 7->18         started        20 msiexec.exe 7->20         started        22 msiexec.exe 1 7->22         started        63 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 11->63 24 MpCmdRun.exe 2 11->24         started        49 13.37.72.210, 8041 AMAZON-02-AmazoncomIncUS France 13->49 26 ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe 2 13->26         started        51 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 16->51 39 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\MSID88C.tmp, PE32 16->39 dropped file5 signatures6 process7 process8 28 rundll32.exe 7 18->28         started        31 conhost.exe 24->31         started        file9 43 C:\...\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll, PE32 28->43 dropped 45 C:\Users\user\...\ScreenConnect.Core.dll, PE32 28->45 dropped 47 Microsoft.Deployme...indowsInstaller.dll, PE32 28->47 dropped
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: 0.30 SOS: 0.33
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Malgent
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-10-11 15:06:23 UTC
File Type:
Binary (Archive)
Extracted files:
147
AV detection:
9 of 38 (23.68%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
suspicious
Label(s):
ADMINTOOL_ScreenConnect
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
discovery persistence privilege_escalation ransomware
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
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
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YARA Signatures


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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:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
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


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

Web download

ConnectWise

Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi cd1fac62fa6465a63d1935b3c7c9a44537af23d211e1de05f64a9beedd3523cc

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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