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SC_STR_MSHTA
What it means
String 'mshta' found in file bytes.
Why it fires
mshta.exe runs HTML Applications (.hta files) which can contain VBScript or JScript. It is a well-known 'living-off-the-land' binary (LOLBin) abused to execute malicious scripts.
Other Shellcode heuristics
SC_STR_CREATEREMOTETHREAD SC_MSF_BIND SC_MSF_REVERSE SC_MSF_C2 SC_STR_URLDOWNLOAD SC_STR_WRITEPROCESSMEMORY SC_XOR_ENCODED SC_STR_CREATEPROCESS SC_EGG_HUNTER SC_STR_GETPROCADDRESS SC_HEAP_SPRAY SC_STR_LOADLIBRARY SC_API_HASH_RESOLVER SC_PEB_ACCESS_X64 SC_PEB_ACCESS SC_STR_POWERSHELL SC_STR_SHELLEXEC SC_STR_WINEXEC SC_STR_WSCRIPT SC_XOR_DECODER SC_XOR_DECODED_NETWORK_CONFIG SC_STR_BITSADMIN SC_STR_CERTUTIL SC_STR_CMD