Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    17/10/2026, 00:19

General

  • Target
    rustdesk-1.4.9-x86_64.exe
  • Size 23.3MB
  • Sample261017-al952stsbx
  • SHA256 eaedeb0088e687bf46f7c46a9c6ea5493ce51f3134dfd6acbedb47b5b9136274
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Deletes itself 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 56 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).

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.

  • Kills process with taskkill 2 IoCs
  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 5 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 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rustdesk-1.4.9-x86_64.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rustdesk-1.4.9-x86_64.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4568
    • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
      "taskkill" /F /IM RuntimeBroker_rustdesk.exe
      2⤵
      • Kills process with taskkill
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:244
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\rustdesk.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\.\rustdesk.exe"
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • Modifies system certificate store
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2444
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\rustdesk.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\rustdesk.exe" --portable-service --portable-service-shmem-name=_portable_service_2444_1caad64e
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1352
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\rustdesk.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\rustdesk.exe" --run-as-system --portable-service-shmem-name=_portable_service_2444_1caad64e
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          PID:4512
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        "cmd" /c "taskkill /F /IM RuntimeBroker_rustdesk.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2192
        • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /F /IM RuntimeBroker_rustdesk.exe
          4⤵
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2316
      • 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:3936

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        app.so

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\data\app.so
        • Size 12.7MB
        • SHA256 a84705c3be6be7a580319a59cd7c57c9a96b0750884f6464200bfcc71ac11fda
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AssetManifest.bin

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\data\flutter_assets\AssetManifest.bin
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 5ff1849d2dfcedb6c994c116105f3b816559e3ce71bee1ec9aca3c265e2d4651
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        FontManifest.json

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\data\flutter_assets\FontManifest.json
        • Size 483B
        • SHA256 068f1cc96816fab157a6813ce233731e46bf661ad84d0018381fb58b19396886
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 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 8390d51178a8a8b9b2ec978579f9196b6d5608a875a1ab95f215330381e88620
        • 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 03335bb8c4c341fdaf4824a24ca8a7af3054c3afe159fadf7400cb72520fa6c0
        • 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 585e7452e5ceedd5865215166ccad52df440f6561e8c6b961b1e32acb345462d
        • 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 fff1deb1700232f53dc8e035df565a5bfb3b8f77d055303499fa120d387effd5
        • 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 bc6b81e8dd2c26c55f354b8c194729314a5a3c5e89b00657d0f173fc40282641
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        flutter_windows.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\flutter_windows.dll
        • Size 17.2MB
        • SHA256 a5f97552c3b65ea2f3b661730cd1028518dac8f3c876e523bde6388460e004d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        librustdesk.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\librustdesk.dll
        • Size 34.5MB
        • SHA256 e301faa89ff987bfde010ef286e9b90a9a251a77f1d843d71c370b58f3970f02
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        printer_driver_adapter.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\printer_driver_adapter.dll
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 3b26e3e8fe82bca48241c16bb7b64c02a2b0d8b691bd1355cc5baa95cacd0162
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rustdesk.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\rustdesk.exe
        • Size 358KB
        • SHA256 3ccd9d5e1f14d1013d12e79c8426a07cc057510fe6d6676309771f03db2bfbdd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        screen_retriever_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\screen_retriever_plugin.dll
        • Size 524KB
        • SHA256 1a697ecc0c7103985eafb47bb540d65dcde62722c8ef3de0b079843c15406c3b
        • 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 86422ea280c8e7832580e09c9b621ea47728c9c69e12482f2227661f19831ef4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        uni_links_desktop_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\uni_links_desktop_plugin.dll
        • Size 527KB
        • SHA256 e3d82b056d29a083106319d620015afc2ffe1750d0ec31e5b3562806b978da56
        • 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 e5753d4fdc8c07c2012c2abd201a1c509aaaa64a4d0908745bcd4ac990a4763b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        window_manager_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\window_manager_plugin.dll
        • Size 553KB
        • SHA256 7a4a074cd90de3f65ee6a9fa9db7fc21417dfa1959c154f5aa0d4cdd0259e728
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        window_size_plugin.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\rustdesk\window_size_plugin.dll
        • Size 522KB
        • SHA256 084613f3450272ffa4d9932f234fcfad690fee8385655fdb8c41b1956cd23bc5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        RustDesk.toml

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\RustDesk\config\RustDesk.toml
        • Size 209B
        • SHA256 22c10e85de994ffa3d14b208646776976d9809b95c97f48bdbe471e0ffc9a6a4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        RustDesk2.toml

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\RustDesk\config\RustDesk2.toml
        • Size 125B
        • SHA256 889997ab04d6bd96f2efae27e602aeb9452b00a0396656b1b062ce401aee4324
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/2444-160-0x000001CCEBA60000-0x000001CCEC719000-memory.dmp

        memory/2444-162-0x000001CCEB560000-0x000001CCEB561000-memory.dmp

        memory/2444-158-0x000001CCEB550000-0x000001CCEB551000-memory.dmp

        memory/2444-159-0x000001CCEBA60000-0x000001CCEC719000-memory.dmp

        memory/2444-161-0x000001CCEBA60000-0x000001CCEC719000-memory.dmp