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ShInstUtil.exe

ShInstUtil - KeePass Helper Utility file version info

Program on Windows 2 known copies with hashes 1 Sigma rule names it

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Is it the real ShInstUtil.exe?

file version info and known copies
Installed inC:\Program Files (x86)\KeePass Password Safe 2\
Signed byOpen Source Developer
ProductShInstUtil - KeePass Helper Utility, Dominik Reichl
DescriptionShInstUtil - KeePass Helper Utility

2 known copies

2.46.0.0 · C:\Program Files (x86)\KeePass Password Safe 2\ShInstUtil.exe · signed by Open Source Developer

c12bcaa756684b396a7b8a7f25b08e0f31d0649b856156c7f95ac3b6543fd049

2.45.0.0 · C:\program files (x86)\KeePass Password Safe 2\ShInstUtil.exe · signed by Open Source Developer

de4b86e51c3933ee1c92001351bd98e96c90058d79464f2afdfcf384bb767624

From the file’s version info and the copies recorded by xCyclopedia (MIT). A copy in another folder, signed by someone else or with another hash is not necessarily malicious, but it is worth a closer look. In Ceplin, "<sha256>".whatis() says which known copy a hash is.

What detects it

Sigma

Sigma names ShInstUtil.exe in 1 rule, for every kind of event; none is a process creation rule CmdID evaluates, so none is listed.