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Database Entry

ConnectWise

Vendor detections: 8

Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	e2972163de77954f45a6db82ea9fe9384bcf779166b56f596772507fc67219ac
SHA3-384 hash:	9a0537cc83ce54faacc2226c17a12e760c47b779cb17911d24b7ab7fb9107829572607bf57895a15f6ced091dfaa2cf9
SHA1 hash:	6d238a32eb9ec289901bbe1b818575c5fe729da6
MD5 hash:	32870f729d340ceca888b09e275646e9
humanhash:	fillet-california-may-eight
File name:	ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
Download:	download sample
Signature	ConnectWise Create hunting rule
File size:	13'856'768 bytes
First seen:	2026-09-14 06:42:26 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	msi
MIME type:	application/x-msi
ssdeep	196608:wHxcp9ym3nltDUJVHHxcp9ym37Hxcp9ym3/Hxcp9ym33Hxcp9ym3jqEHxcp9ym3L:eGplpwGpFGpJGphGpRGpBGpY
TLSH	T1E2D623116BF89278F1F22E39E876A0B1A5377D525E22D12E2324791E2C71EC0C963777
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 :

# of downloads :

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Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware configuration found for:

MSI

Details

Link:

https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/62764885-a2cd-4161-b635-35df1d5f74a1/

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/85325/

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

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

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6aa7977e577ef24903243b8f/reports/82876efd-ee54-4ded-8b4d-70a462b86057/overview

Verdict:

Unknown

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/e2972163de77954f45a6db82ea9fe9384bcf779166b56f596772507fc67219ac

Verdict:

Adware

File Type:

msi

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/e2972163de77954f45a6db82ea9fe9384bcf779166b56f596772507fc67219ac/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 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/32870f729d340ceca888b09e275646e9

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/e2972163de77954f45a6db82ea9fe9384bcf779166b56f596772507fc67219ac/

Threat name:

ByteCode-MSIL.PUA.RAdminConnectWise

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-09-14 01:07:19 UTC

File Type:

Binary (Archive)

Extracted files:

175

AV detection:

14 of 24 (58.33%)

Threat level:

1/5

Detection(s):

Malicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=4klscy66o6ku6rng3obovh7jhbf4654rm22w6wlhojih7rtsdgwa._file

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

7/10

Tags:

discovery persistence privilege_escalation ransomware

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260914-hgzgratthw/

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/e2972163de77954f45a6db82ea9fe9384bcf779166b56f596772507fc67219ac

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