Identifier / Programs / Windows
vsdiagnostics.exe
LOLBAS Execute 1 Sigma rule name it 2 ATT&CK techniques 2 documented commands
How vsdiagnostics.exe is abused
Execute T1127 Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution
-launchEach abuse is LOLBAS's category and the options and words it uses; the full write-up is on LOLBAS's page for vsdiagnostics.exe.
2 documented commands
Execute T1127 Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution User privileges
Starts a collection session with sessionID 1 and calls kernelbase.CreateProcessW to launch specified executable.
VSDiagnostics.exe start 1 /launch:{PATH:.exe}Trips 1 Sigma rule: mediumPotential Binary Proxy Execution Via VSDiagnostics.EXE by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
Execute T1127 Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution User privileges
Starts a collection session with sessionID 2 and calls kernelbase.CreateProcessW to launch specified executable. Arguments specified in launchArgs are passed to CreateProcessW.
VSDiagnostics.exe start 2 /launch:{PATH:.exe} /launchArgs:"{CMD:args}"Trips 1 Sigma rule: mediumPotential Binary Proxy Execution Via VSDiagnostics.EXE by Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
All 2 commands the identifier reads trip a Sigma process-creation rule. These commands and their descriptions are from LOLBAS’s entry for vsdiagnostics.exe, by Bobby Cooke, at commit 2056cb766250 of 2026-09-26, under the GPL-3.0 and LOLBAS’s notice, with no warranty. Changed: Markdown is shown formatted. The source is in lolbas-gtfobins-commands.json.gz, and the full entry is on LOLBAS’s page for vsdiagnostics.exe. The identifier reads each with LOLBAS’s placeholders filled in: a URL as https://example.com/file, a share as \\192.0.2.10\share\file, a path as C:\Data\file and a command as calc.exe.