Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    22/04/2026, 12:31

General

  • Target
    rustdesk-host=remote.mtc-server.de,key=gVUI62sIIEXmAkHhtBRYK8wumXkFQjxaLcL51uwqPnQ=.exe
  • Size 19.8MB
  • Sample260422-pp7awsfs2p
  • SHA256 23b661d7bc171cd500d5096456905283ffe06479582b62d3bd5066633935d43e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 47 IoCs
  • Modifies file permissions 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • RustDesk remote access tool

    RustDesk is an open-source remote admin tool.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Kills process with taskkill 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rustdesk-host=remote.mtc-server.de,key=gVUI62sIIEXmAkHhtBRYK8wumXkFQjxaLcL51uwqPnQ=.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rustdesk-host=remote.mtc-server.de,key=gVUI62sIIEXmAkHhtBRYK8wumXkFQjxaLcL51uwqPnQ=.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2032
    • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
      "taskkill" /F /IM RuntimeBroker_rustdesk.exe
      2⤵
      • Kills process with taskkill
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:452
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\rustdesk.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\.\rustdesk.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4632
      • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
        "icacls" C:\ProgramData\RustDesk /grant *S-1-1-0:(OI)(CI)F /T
        3⤵
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:552
      • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
        "icacls" C:\ProgramData\RustDesk\shared_memory_portable_service /grant *S-1-1-0:(OI)(CI)F /T
        3⤵
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:2680
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\rustdesk.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\rustdesk.exe" --portable-service
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4436
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\rustdesk.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\rustdesk.exe" --run-as-system
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:1052
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\rustdesk.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\.\rustdesk.exe" --check-hwcodec-config
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        PID:4612
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        "cmd" /c "taskkill /F /IM RuntimeBroker_rustdesk.exe"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:992
        • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /F /IM RuntimeBroker_rustdesk.exe
          4⤵
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2104

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        shared_memory_portable_service

        • Path C:\ProgramData\RustDesk\shared_memory_portable_service
        • Size 23B
        • SHA256 907e0d28f21bfc10974ff8c7bc9e384baebbfed16040daa54536f88e62e8bc2e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        app.so

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\data\app.so
        • Size 12.6MB
        • SHA256 961b5683da717aa5e92ed4f51706403ae36f2cbb576fc5813fdf0a2b3f79921c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        FontManifest.json

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\data\flutter_assets\FontManifest.json
        • Size 356B
        • SHA256 d0f57ce835a269796759bf62197ea2c44cb5335dfd2ea8724b8ac19cd8fb22ea
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        checkbox-outline.svg

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\data\flutter_assets\assets\checkbox-outline.svg
        • Size 856B
        • SHA256 b8520bb0397257021199d933bee9e047cf35347fa56fe615cdfba201294f87c0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        logo.svg

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\data\flutter_assets\assets\logo.svg
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 4d6ecc2b45571382576049095435f41576c02e895b8766ef3f300623c35b3488
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        tabbar.ttf

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\data\flutter_assets\assets\tabbar.ttf
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 a17ca0a8f7d5aa5ea3f6380f3a282b98b3d66135bb0cee5d431082f560030db8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        icudtl.dat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\data\icudtl.dat
        • Size 798KB
        • SHA256 ac44ccc3f61bf630bb20fb8043d86cfe4c8995d06b460084400db45d70497b30
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        desktop_drop_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\desktop_drop_plugin.dll
        • Size 332KB
        • SHA256 0de513f799226c86365295950821725eefac3d7b094f3b1c3dc7b8cd92127564
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        desktop_multi_window_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\desktop_multi_window_plugin.dll
        • Size 405KB
        • SHA256 f417bde8a0853a612c0c9e81e28f52795b052180788e001210ed3fe09491103a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        flutter_custom_cursor_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\flutter_custom_cursor_plugin.dll
        • Size 322KB
        • SHA256 39884f09ce034d7b3cabbe3300ecea3d4731835acede66b7b213c46277b5695b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        flutter_windows.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\flutter_windows.dll
        • Size 17.0MB
        • SHA256 e04e062474335d1e78f90f3c426b2d0a37a0bbec4def5033e7cc0caa255fda25
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        librustdesk.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\librustdesk.dll
        • Size 23.6MB
        • SHA256 01e8bd30ee27d94bc3e4d092c3431c5940d13953042c26fb89be7364a7dfcd94
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rustdesk.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\rustdesk.exe
        • Size 266KB
        • SHA256 e8f370f8029b433f481333ffb7887f3dd8b91ebcd9e8cf8c81787c9de07da86f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        screen_retriever_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\screen_retriever_plugin.dll
        • Size 557KB
        • SHA256 ca71b91945b859c0e9af9c97e64733ab30589b16ada39095a03a00fa4fec64b1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        texture_rgba_renderer_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\texture_rgba_renderer_plugin.dll
        • Size 335KB
        • SHA256 497eef7df50108321a25940b858db0f5e448a0d2384ec3d2038c6e360f593ae4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        uni_links_desktop_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\uni_links_desktop_plugin.dll
        • Size 554KB
        • SHA256 d7c3da9ae5e8c6f33e4972784a0e73034b31576bf47248e5512f34d4beb0f8c2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        url_launcher_windows_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\url_launcher_windows_plugin.dll
        • Size 332KB
        • SHA256 027e70b91a2ba89f40b768f3b3eb6c12792f422c931a310f097bdb992131aa6c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        window_manager_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\window_manager_plugin.dll
        • Size 597KB
        • SHA256 4a80b9dba44153735810e7531395a15476733f8a90a69f8fc5939a2c323873a1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        window_size_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\window_size_plugin.dll
        • Size 551KB
        • SHA256 e0976cceaced3fcb2c93821d760381acd8bcb59b02d2e4df8468cd021c65d96a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        RustDesk_hwcodec.toml

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\RustDesk\config\RustDesk_hwcodec.toml
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 8c80bb9df2c1fc2250582a4a87ae35142381f806924877e039ea9ffd1d1eeea0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/4632-137-0x00000296CC640000-0x00000296CD2D1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4632-149-0x00000296CC640000-0x00000296CD2D1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4632-133-0x00000296CC410000-0x00000296CC411000-memory.dmp

        memory/4632-151-0x00000296CC430000-0x00000296CC431000-memory.dmp

        memory/4632-134-0x00000296CC640000-0x00000296CD2D1000-memory.dmp