Devtoolslauncher.exe

type: OtherMSBinaries

Binary will execute specified binary. Part of VS/VScode installation.

Full path

c:\windows\system32\devtoolslauncher.exe

Commands

ExecuteUser T1127
Execute any binary with given arguments and it will call `developertoolssvc.exe`. `developertoolssvc` is actually executing the binary.
```
devtoolslauncher.exe LaunchForDeploy {PATH_ABSOLUTE:.exe} "{CMD:args}" test
```
The above binary will execute other binary.
os: Windows
Execute: CMD
ExecuteUser T1127
Execute any binary with given arguments.
```
devtoolslauncher.exe LaunchForDebug {PATH_ABSOLUTE:.exe} "{CMD:args}" test
```
The above binary will execute other binary.
os: Windows
Execute: CMD

Detection

Sigma https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/683b63f8184b93c9564c4310d10c571cbe367e1e/rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_lolbin_devtoolslauncher.yml
IOCDeveloperToolsSvc.exe spawned an unknown process

Resources

acknowledgement: felamos @_felamos