# Tylous/ZipExec

A unique technique to execute binaries from a password protected zip

Repository: https://github.com/Tylous/ZipExec
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zipexec
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-07-01T16:25:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1779, "days_push": 1524, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1032, forks 145 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:18.195367+00:00)

## What it is
ZipExec is a Go-based proof-of-concept tool that wraps binaries into a password-protected zip file, base64 encodes it into a JScript loader, and executes it via Windows COM objects without unzipping. The password protection evades EDRs and disk-based anti-malware scanning.

## Use cases
- execute binaries from a password protected zip
- evade EDR detection when running tools
- generate a JScript loader for a payload binary
- red team tool execution on Windows
- bypass anti-malware disk scanning
- wrap offensive security tools for stealthy execution

## When to choose
- you need to execute binaries on Windows while evading EDR and anti-malware scanning
- you are doing red team or penetration testing and need defense-evasion techniques
- you want a JScript-based loader generated automatically from a binary

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose zip utility
- you are not targeting Windows
- you need a maintained tool with recent updates and broad platform support

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, cryptography, cli, developer-tools
- domain: security, penetration-testing, windows
- platform: windows, cli, go
- tags: red-team, evasion, defense-evasion, jscript-loader, offensive-security, edr-bypass, command-line

## Member repositories
- Tylous/ZipExec (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:18.195367+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:06:43.597045+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Tylous/ZipExec (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:18.195367+00:00, sha d12b3fc25757)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.