rdpclip.exe
Summary
RDP Clipboard Monitor - manages clipboard sharing between local and remote desktops during Remote Desktop (RDP) sessions.
rdpclip.exe is the 719th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 4,926 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Windows\System32 and it is most often launched by svchost.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Windows\System32100%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 64ab0bab654c957cdbe45b26c1a472fc2345d6f1c7dc587cc6d2909adc36f27e21.7%
- b66d93926841e798f5ae1ef97158e74d79263745c81501bf342aa9d0672419d821.7%
- 4972cf79e61a6ff0c4ea410d55c7deb00d7f799ea958946fcc2ee7fabf13ffeb16.73%
- c2ee334e1bb9a078a3e1303bfe17042d5b131a30af716179b15f489b64b8c3dc9.46%
- acfa1128b4edd953f6364fa6216337a59c0522a01349263a11259a827838a56f8.63%
- 378c8d7a051370d4580e57584522ad987af202015ec8ff786b3392b92cd273bb3.65%
- 67c2e545aee51a33b682d82e517972db6f4f7ed5613804a966dc624994cf86d73.55%
- 110fe1bbf1d3fef3120ebfafac0fef3387868964b878a3a25c8eb0f7f8d101463.23%
- 600e084d4c2fdbb8fd24754fdc7bfbd67ca1c04197089e551f02cd292b03f00f2.46%
- c9ea5a5c2655181c5f4ecbfccd317fc95055fbebecceb3fb1fd2435165bd68e82.23%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- services.exe99.88%
- userinit.exe0.12%
Top Parents
- svchost.exe99.7%
- explorer.exe0.02%
Top Children
- rdpinput.exe100%
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
Security Analysis
What does rdpclip.exe normally do?
Runs automatically during RDP sessions to enable clipboard copy/paste between local and remote machines. One instance per RDP session.
When is rdpclip.exe suspicious?
Running on systems not configured for RDP. Multiple instances without corresponding RDP sessions.
How do attackers abuse rdpclip.exe?
Presence of rdpclip.exe indicates an active or recent RDP session — useful as a lateral movement indicator. Clipboard data flowing through RDP may include sensitive information.
Detection guidance
Use rdpclip.exe process creation as an indicator of RDP session establishment. Correlate with logon events and source IP analysis.
False positive notes
Normal in any RDP session. Always present on RDP servers.
MITRE ATT&CK techniques
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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.