MALICIOUS — 18545d002ca40ad6dfb7982a390035cf291a047a09dda45744f35887d66a2a4d.exe
MALICIOUS — 18545d002ca40ad6dfb7982a390035cf291a047a09dda45744f35887d66a2a4d.exe is a pe sample analyzed by MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble with a malicious verdict (100/100), attributed to the ConnectWise family. 6 of 25 detection engines flagged it, exhibiting 6 ATT&CK techniques.
Identification
- SHA-256:
18545d002ca40ad6dfb7982a390035cf291a047a09dda45744f35887d66a2a4d - SHA-1:
4b67790ffe936572ec2ffb40b94717986672f17c - MD5:
b9dab429bacd0737e206af07f486f9df - imphash:
75c721f1755f04cc47f7598bb55e4e6f - ssdeep:
98304:azIus6efPUIdoaxcp8wy5c3trGOlkQ5DUOgJ9zl:ahfefPtHxcp9ym3nltDUJV - TLSH:
T1A66502CD8A12A360EAF0F910785589DD3453B0D8A1BE1C9C0B83D57D21E99FFB47A14A - Submitted as: 18545d002ca40ad6dfb7982a390035cf291a047a09dda45744f35887d66a2a4d.exe
- File type: pe · Size: 5641512 bytes
- Verdict: malicious (100/100) · Family: ConnectWise
Source: MalwareBazaar · first seen 2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z · SHA-256 verified
Detections (6 of 25 engines)
- capa (capabilities): capability:execution/powershell
- YARA: bartblaze: BB_Clipbanker
- YARA: JPCERT/CC: JPCERT_HUILoader_PlugX_SideLoad
- YARA: Trellix/McAfee ATR: ATR_LockBit_Ransomware
- Microsoft Defender: Trojan:Win32/Malgent
- Kaspersky (KVRT): not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.MSIL.ConnectWise.b
MITRE ATT&CK
Why this verdict
The malicious score of 100/100 is the fusion of 17 weighted signals:
- Dropped a malicious payload: a1c0a6b36d92e0d24a0e7ea024733b5bcd635ee9b7edc9d018b6121c6c2503ba - dynamic signal, weight 0.80, confidence 0.90
- Memory forensics: 5 finding(s), e.g. RWX/private injected region in svchost.exe (pid 960) (rule
windows.malfind.Malfind) - memory signal, weight 0.60, confidence 0.85 - Microsoft Defender flagged Trojan:Win32/Malgent (rule
Trojan:Win32/Malgent) - engine signal, weight 0.55, confidence 0.85 - Kaspersky (KVRT) flagged not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.MSIL.ConnectWise.b (rule
not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.MSIL.ConnectWise.b) - engine signal, weight 0.55, confidence 0.85 - Observed at runtime: Windows Service (T1543.003) (rule
Windows Service) - dynamic signal, weight 0.40, confidence 0.90 - 1 behavioral detection(s): Windows Service Installation [medium] (rule
tl-service-install) - dynamic signal, weight 0.40, confidence 0.90 - execute via PowerShell (rule
execute via PowerShell) - capa signal, weight 0.40, confidence 0.80 - capture keystrokes (rule
capture keystrokes) - capa signal, weight 0.40, confidence 0.80 - Contacted 35 external host(s) at runtime (11 HTTP) - network signal, weight 0.40, confidence 0.80
- Anti-analysis: T1497, T1497.001, T1082, T1622 - dynamic signal, weight 0.40, confidence 0.75
- YARA: bartblaze flagged BB_Clipbanker (rule
BB_Clipbanker) - engine signal, weight 0.35, confidence 0.70 - YARA: JPCERT/CC flagged JPCERT_HUILoader_PlugX_SideLoad (rule
JPCERT_HUILoader_PlugX_SideLoad) - engine signal, weight 0.35, confidence 0.70 - YARA: Trellix/McAfee ATR flagged ATR_LockBit_Ransomware (rule
ATR_LockBit_Ransomware) - engine signal, weight 0.35, confidence 0.70 - Embedded network infrastructure: https://feedback.screenconnect.com/Feedback.axd, 203.159.90.46 - static signal, weight 0.35, confidence 0.60
- enumerate processes (rule
enumerate processes) - capa signal, weight 0.20, confidence 0.60 - Observed at runtime: Modify Registry (T1112) (rule
Modify Registry) - dynamic signal, weight 0.12, confidence 0.90 - Extracted generic config (1 C2) (generic/advisory) - engine signal, weight 0.15, confidence 0.30
Dynamic analysis (windows)
11508 behavior events · 2 ATT&CK techniques · 10 dropped files.
Runtime network
- www.msftconnecttest.com
- inference.location.live.net
- ctldl.windowsupdate.com
- login.live.com
- ocsp.digicert.com
- desktop-hsgcbep
- v20.events.data.microsoft.com
- config.edge.skype.com
- windows.msn.com
- www.msn.com
- officeclient.microsoft.com
- odc.officeapps.live.com
- assets.msn.com
- www.bing.com
- licensing.mp.microsoft.com
- fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
- settings-win.data.microsoft.com
- slscr.update.microsoft.com
- v10.events.data.microsoft.com
- cacerts.digicert.com
Dropped files
- /opt/CAPEv2/storage/analyses/6840/files/a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2 -
a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2 - /opt/CAPEv2/storage/analyses/6840/files/a1c0a6b36d92e0d24a0e7ea024733b5bcd635ee9b7edc9d018b6121c6c2503ba -
a1c0a6b36d92e0d24a0e7ea024733b5bcd635ee9b7edc9d018b6121c6c2503ba - 51e442597ef389409903f7aaa32cfbf5b2ac51b843b8cd8302e5d90c94f11c06 -
51e442597ef389409903f7aaa32cfbf5b2ac51b843b8cd8302e5d90c94f11c06 - ae2adab4b217ed2eabaee6cfd99002b60a9324cebdb52c3d8d5d3bae904f6380 -
ae2adab4b217ed2eabaee6cfd99002b60a9324cebdb52c3d8d5d3bae904f6380 - 19ac323ca6eae2f8145cdc2bac865b32cd5a48ad6ff199d4ca7da214b056e1dc -
19ac323ca6eae2f8145cdc2bac865b32cd5a48ad6ff199d4ca7da214b056e1dc - e84dfe0b660f1698d83b0ee959c1b228eb51e2d5cbee90fcc2fe987a6fe08441 -
e84dfe0b660f1698d83b0ee959c1b228eb51e2d5cbee90fcc2fe987a6fe08441 - 04b3e695299ad6da166db3fcb436575480ac3ba75bc99249a7c8d51fd91cf4c2 -
04b3e695299ad6da166db3fcb436575480ac3ba75bc99249a7c8d51fd91cf4c2 - b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf -
b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf - da29455a64858fda773319c32c0a6cd40edbe8042ed005aa2befb8a4f0fb0522 -
da29455a64858fda773319c32c0a6cd40edbe8042ed005aa2befb8a4f0fb0522 - f6954e30b8fb06b955c5bf1a754439311bd5909d9da399d56e96eb75833e97c6 -
f6954e30b8fb06b955c5bf1a754439311bd5909d9da399d56e96eb75833e97c6
Embedded URLs
- http://www.digicert.com/CPS0
- https://feedback.screenconnect.com/Feedback.axd
- http://www.msftconnecttest.com/connecttest.txt
- http://203.26.79.13/filestreamingservice//files/736bdc20-582e-46c5-ba31-d31d3d97258e/pieceshash?cacheHostOrigin=dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
- http://203.26.79.13/filestreamingservice/files/736bdc20-582e-46c5-ba31-d31d3d97258e?P1=1786226486&P2=404&P3=2&P4=hMrLTS2JQ5FfmAG3%2bhDnTCrPRf3eFXtp9rtnM2cCPAiDbNvz9Rpp333HKzsWtO17Tx3Pjpt5OVR566CYKXMqkQ%3d%3d&cacheHostOrigin=msedge.b.tlu.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
Embedded domains
- cacerts.digicert.com
- crl3.digicert.com
- crl4.digicert.com
- www.digicert.com
- feedback.screenconnect.com
Embedded IP addresses
- 203.159.90.46
- 20.184.175.19
- 52.123.252.225
- 4.230.171.124
- 20.247.184.142
- 20.165.94.54
- 74.179.77.204
- 172.215.188.225
- 135.234.160.244
- 4.150.223.109
- 172.178.240.163
- 203.26.79.13
- 162.159.142.9
- 52.123.252.247
- 74.178.232.29
- 72.154.7.98
- 52.148.114.188
- 20.42.179.192
- 20.42.73.26
- 20.42.73.31
- 52.110.12.53
- 52.110.12.31
File paths
- C:\Users\jmorgan\Source\cwcontrol\Custom\DotNetRunner\Release\DotNetRunner.pdb
- C:\builds\cc\cwcontrol\Product\Core\obj\Release\net20\ScreenConnect.Core.pdb
- X:\:b:f:l:p:
- X:\:`:d:h:l:p:t:x:
- T:\:d:l:t:
- T:\:d:
- C:\builds\cc\cwcontrol\Product\Windows\obj\Release\net20\ScreenConnect.Windows.pdb
- C:\builds\cc\cwcontrol\Product\WindowsInstaller\obj\Release\net20\ScreenConnect.WindowsInstaller.pdb
- F:\r
- E:\delivery\Dev\wix37_public\build\ship\x86\SfxCA.pdb
- X:\:`:d:h:x:
- C:\build\work\eca3d12b\wix3\build\ship\x86\wixca.pdb
- X:\:
- Q:\:a:f:
- C:\builds\cc\cwcontrol\Product\ClientInstallerRunner\obj\Release\ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerRunner.pdb
- C:\Users\jmorgan\Source\cwcontrol\Custom\DotNetRunner\DotNetResolver\obj\Debug\DotNetResolver.pdb
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