Disable Windows Firewall Rules via Netsh

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Disable Windows Firewall Rules via Netsh

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 indices:

winlogbeat-*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5 minutes

Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum signals per execution: 100

Tags:

Elastic
Windows

Rule version: 1

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.6.0

Rule query

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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")

Threat mapping

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Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
Technique:
- Name: Disabling Security Tools
- ID: T1089
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1089/

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