What is RstMwService.exe?

RstMwService.exe is part of Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology Management Service and developed by Intel Corporation according to the RstMwService.exe version information.

RstMwService.exe's description is "Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology Management Service"

RstMwService.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\iaahcic.inf_amd64_c52b34f1b30918c5\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about RstMwService.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on RstMwService.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameIntel(R) Rapid Storage Technology Management Service
Company nameIntel Corporation
File descriptionIntel(R) Rapid Storage Technology Management Service
Internal nameRstMwService
Original filenameRstMwService.exe
Comments-x64
Legal copyrightCopyright (C), Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version17.9.1.1009
File version17.9.1.1009

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameIntel(R) Rapid Storage Technology Ma..
Company nameIntel Corporation
File descriptionIntel(R) Rapid Storage Technology Ma..
Internal nameRstMwService
Original filenameRstMwService.exe
Comments-x64
Legal copyrightCopyright (C), Intel Corporation. Al..
Product version17.9.1.1009
File version17.9.1.1009

Digital signatures [?]

The verification of RstMwService.exe's digital signature failed.

PropertyValue
Signer nameIntel(R) pGFX
Certificate issuer nameIntel External Issuing CA 7B
Certificate serial number56000005dab0988313da8ab3e10000000005da

VirusTotal report

None of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the RstMwService.exe file.

None of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the RstMwService.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1604829185.375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "D:\\qba1\\workspace\\7113\\SSE_Storage_Middleware\\RstMwService\\output\\Release\\x64\\RstMwService.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.0630009174346924,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4318,
            "time": 2.9964749813079834,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4646,
            "time": 1.01963210105896,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4974,
            "time": 3.005270004272461,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5302,
            "time": 1.603748083114624,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5630,
            "time": -0.09624695777893066,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 5958,
            "time": 1.579024076461792,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 14640,
            "time": 1.0479400157928467,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 18832,
            "time": 3.0950629711151123,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "c8615d5ba28bc0b6cdeb9495847c3f429ff8a9cf75618f3f6a596e9a631b6265",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "5b46d5b0fa99c410aa62f420d4a861538aaa812ecc48ce6a13ff14704009eafe",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Folder name variants

RstMwService.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\iaahcic.inf_amd64_c52b34f1b30918c5\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named RstMwService.exe

RstMwService.exe (17 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5c5239ae7d6b88d1fca87a80b89bf08bf
SHA2563cb47f5f69fdb36e6cb81560dd4b578ace0e09f9e9249e22ff884cfbf71f1d42

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to rstmwservice.exe:

rstmwservice.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

rstmwservice.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology Management Service has stopped working.

End Program - rstmwservice.exe. This program is not responding.

rstmwservice.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

rstmwservice.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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