Identifier / Programs / Windows
vstest.console.exe
LOLBAS AWL Bypass 1 ATT&CK technique 1 documented command
How vstest.console.exe is abused
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Each abuse is LOLBAS's category and the options and words it uses; the full write-up is on LOLBAS's page for vstest.console.exe.
1 documented command
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VSTest functionality may allow an adversary to executes their malware by wrapping it as a test method then build it to a .exe or .dll file to be later run by vstest.console.exe. This may both allow AWL bypass or defense bypass in general
vstest.console.exe {PATH:.dll}The command the identifier reads trips no Sigma process-creation rule. These commands and their descriptions are from LOLBAS’s entry for vstest.console.exe, by Onat Uzunyayla, 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 vstest.console.exe. The identifier reads it 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.