Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-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

  • 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 2 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:3984
    • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
      "taskkill" /F /IM RuntimeBroker_rustdesk.exe
      2⤵
      • Kills process with taskkill
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4056
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\rustdesk.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\.\rustdesk.exe"
      2⤵
      • 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:4996
      • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
        "icacls" C:\ProgramData\RustDesk /grant *S-1-1-0:(OI)(CI)F /T
        3⤵
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:4328
      • 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:232
      • 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:1456
        • 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:1604
      • 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:1348
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        "cmd" /c "taskkill /F /IM RuntimeBroker_rustdesk.exe"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4232
        • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /F /IM RuntimeBroker_rustdesk.exe
          4⤵
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2976

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 a65c61fed317e0ef2ac06622ea3cc2670705c98e4c6669a0a89df65ef4baf0e5
        • 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

        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

        memory/1348-202-0x00000145DC9E0000-0x00000145DCD58000-memory.dmp

        memory/1456-176-0x000002A119150000-0x000002A1194C8000-memory.dmp

        memory/1604-203-0x0000016980090000-0x0000016980408000-memory.dmp

        memory/2976-171-0x0000020BF3F70000-0x0000020BF42E8000-memory.dmp

        memory/3984-110-0x000001D3AF990000-0x000001D3AFD08000-memory.dmp

        memory/4056-90-0x0000026FAB000000-0x0000026FAB378000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-140-0x000001EAC1860000-0x000001EAC24F1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-137-0x000001EAC1860000-0x000001EAC24F1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-136-0x000001EAC17E0000-0x000001EAC17E1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-141-0x000001EAC1860000-0x000001EAC24F1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-142-0x000001EAC17F0000-0x000001EAC17F1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-204-0x000001EABC7F0000-0x000001EABCB68000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-322-0x000001EABC7F0000-0x000001EABCB68000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-441-0x000001EABC7F0000-0x000001EABCB68000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-675-0x000001EABC7F0000-0x000001EABCB68000-memory.dmp