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Disable Windows Firewall Rules via Netshedit
Identifies use of the netsh.exe
to disable or weaken the local firewall.
Attackers will use this command line tool to disable the firewall during
troubleshooting or to enable network mobility.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- winlogbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Windows
Version: 4 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.9.1
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License
Rule queryedit
event.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.name:netsh.exe and process.args:(disable and firewall and set) or process.args:(advfirewall and off and state)
Threat mappingedit
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
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Technique:
- Name: Disabling Security Tools
- ID: T1089
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1089/
Rule version historyedit
- Version 4 (7.9.1 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (7.9.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.action:"Process Create (rule: ProcessCreate)" and process.name:netsh.exe and process.args:(disable and firewall and set) or process.args:(advfirewall and off and state)
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- Version 2 (7.7.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.action:"Process Create (rule: ProcessCreate)" and process.name:"netsh.exe" and process.args:("firewall" and "set" and "disable") or process.args:("advfirewall" and "state" and "off")
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