Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20250619-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20250619-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    08/05/2026, 12:21

General

  • Target
    rustdeskx86_64.exe
  • Size 23.1MB
  • Sample260508-pjct4act4n
  • SHA256 422ce31131e6537ea4f611ebf4a4d1804f28a6f58c83aa05065071c5958f1551
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 56 IoCs
  • Modifies file permissions 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • RustDesk remote access tool

    RustDesk is an open-source remote admin tool.

  • 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: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 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\rustdeskx86_64.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rustdeskx86_64.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1840
    • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
      "taskkill" /F /IM RuntimeBroker_rustdesk.exe
      2⤵
      • Kills process with taskkill
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4800
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\rustdesk.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\.\rustdesk.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5044
      • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
        "icacls" C:\ProgramData\RustDesk /grant *S-1-1-0:(OI)(CI)F /T
        3⤵
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:5096
      • 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:5076
      • 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:3336
        • 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
          PID:3324
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        "cmd" /c "taskkill /F /IM RuntimeBroker_rustdesk.exe"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5460
        • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /F /IM RuntimeBroker_rustdesk.exe
          4⤵
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3864
      • 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:4076

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 efe80cbb2a556d2e6fc16df7656ee6524beb43df9bf24d92c57ec4f216f28f40
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        app.so

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\data\app.so
        • Size 12.6MB
        • SHA256 37bbcd3ab12f4ba6ceb65a8f4aaec8e73ffa1b9a19d9516b89c043b0f30f1a36
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        icudtl.dat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\data\icudtl.dat
        • Size 760KB
        • SHA256 c12537022ef818991a7bfed41a76d8d6ae962ffbc0e6511ac762a5d0845e7f7c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        desktop_drop_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\desktop_drop_plugin.dll
        • Size 330KB
        • SHA256 be81b1c468bc09ce19ff3c60f93d7bcaf96ffc04fcf13d10b9d0c1e6ae0fe772
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        desktop_multi_window_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\desktop_multi_window_plugin.dll
        • Size 394KB
        • SHA256 34ec912808f51647002f59c2050f429061b644311a793c1e070f41c9ca7c382a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        file_selector_windows_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\file_selector_windows_plugin.dll
        • Size 357KB
        • SHA256 ffc341d54008c77b0d352baffda7dfa0872ead4d77ac36ed0171a9869f94e3af
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        flutter_custom_cursor_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\flutter_custom_cursor_plugin.dll
        • Size 320KB
        • SHA256 1d61d14e6d97d18a12441c8431e197828a440225404952be179ef745ec8b2871
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        flutter_gpu_texture_renderer_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\flutter_gpu_texture_renderer_plugin.dll
        • Size 352KB
        • SHA256 6c907d7d38d2d693169beb6444196d446ec212ed59d9d5fcb667e2fc26d91a22
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        flutter_windows.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\flutter_windows.dll
        • Size 17.2MB
        • SHA256 6c8815f27c90aa3dca424b8b8ada0fb561d27df2a1997b991cb9480c7de0ba34
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        librustdesk.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\librustdesk.dll
        • Size 33.7MB
        • SHA256 a0ffce6f5a9959caa29c036e46d6b8c1961dc4d09f1a6840f2df1d5277d1be58
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        printer_driver_adapter.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\printer_driver_adapter.dll
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 1e49760f55882a3b328d790298d0fc22c10f69806decf74a6db3fde886c73da1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rustdesk.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\rustdesk.exe
        • Size 358KB
        • SHA256 3a65da1e43f629fe17ecfebab7ffdbbb3846f5efc795c1bc0ffeaf2f09c97216
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        screen_retriever_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\screen_retriever_plugin.dll
        • Size 524KB
        • SHA256 240fad88c14b3d7f8eb9ea11698a23f64114a03aa94322c92722e334bf56a9e5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        texture_rgba_renderer_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\texture_rgba_renderer_plugin.dll
        • Size 329KB
        • SHA256 ebb8d94be6f10b512528d6fc31d020948ca2ea3289426aa6e3cd9a87c724efd7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        uni_links_desktop_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\uni_links_desktop_plugin.dll
        • Size 528KB
        • SHA256 c31572f1707e22b27e97ebafe3c92cce941306e53bf77c2958021356140c0b88
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        url_launcher_windows_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\url_launcher_windows_plugin.dll
        • Size 333KB
        • SHA256 9beb9e86b6100bd6d4a31df82cb6f5dbd198e69ffd9c7e6f9283a012b362b1de
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        window_manager_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\window_manager_plugin.dll
        • Size 554KB
        • SHA256 da39507a7a397f7b2514060bf0de43b2e4b0de285c2c22036ec5cb321362b0db
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        window_size_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\window_size_plugin.dll
        • Size 522KB
        • SHA256 38377a3f3f298859c718011f556480b34d907b44accb3bc14adc033340ec7e04
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1840-109-0x0000025616EF0000-0x0000025616F4D000-memory.dmp

        memory/3324-245-0x0000021C78790000-0x0000021C787ED000-memory.dmp

        memory/3336-202-0x000002597C810000-0x000002597C86D000-memory.dmp

        memory/3864-201-0x0000022702130000-0x000002270218D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4076-207-0x000001B5420C0000-0x000001B54211D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4800-105-0x0000016164B40000-0x0000016164B9D000-memory.dmp

        memory/5044-148-0x0000022BC0FE0000-0x0000022BC0FE1000-memory.dmp

        memory/5044-152-0x0000022BC0FD0000-0x0000022BC0FD1000-memory.dmp

        memory/5044-151-0x0000022BC3530000-0x0000022BC41D5000-memory.dmp

        memory/5044-150-0x0000022BC3530000-0x0000022BC41D5000-memory.dmp

        memory/5044-238-0x0000022BBE0E0000-0x0000022BBE13D000-memory.dmp

        memory/5044-149-0x0000022BC3530000-0x0000022BC41D5000-memory.dmp