Bitdefender security researchers have discovered that attackers continue to exploit Microsoft HTML Application Host (MSHTA), a legacy utility available by default on Windows systems that can execute ...
Adversaries may abuse mshta.exe to proxy execution of malicious .hta files and Javascript or VBScript through a trusted Windows utility. There are several examples of different types of threats ...
Mshta.exe is a utility that executes Microsoft HTML Applications (HTA). HTA files have the file extension .hta. (Citation: Wikipedia HTML Application) HTAs are standalone applications that execute ...