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Windows Firewall Settings Have Been Changed

Detects activity when the settings of the Windows firewall have been changed

MITRE ATT&CK

defense-evasion

Detection Query

selection:
  EventID:
    - 2002
    - 2083
    - 2003
    - 2082
    - 2008
condition: selection

Author

frack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)

Created

2022-02-19

Data Sources

windowsfirewall-as

Platforms

windows

References

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-r2-and-2008/dd364427(v=ws.10)

Tags

attack.defense-evasionattack.t1562.004

Raw Content

title: Windows Firewall Settings Have Been Changed
id: 00bb5bd5-1379-4fcf-a965-a5b6f7478064
status: test
description: Detects activity when the settings of the Windows firewall have been changed
references:
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-r2-and-2008/dd364427(v=ws.10)
author: frack113, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems)
date: 2022-02-19
modified: 2023-04-21
tags:
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1562.004
logsource:
    product: windows
    service: firewall-as
detection:
    selection:
        EventID:
            - 2002 # A Windows Defender Firewall setting has changed.
            - 2083 # A Windows Defender Firewall setting has changed. (Windows 11)
            - 2003 # A Windows Firewall setting in the profile has changed
            - 2082 # A Windows Defender Firewall setting in the %1 profile has changed. (Windows 11)
            - 2008  # Windows Firewall Group Policy settings have changed. The new settings have been applied
            # - 2010  # Network profile changed on an interface.
    condition: selection
level: low