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Firewall Configuration Discovery Via Netsh.EXE

Adversaries may look for details about the network configuration and settings of systems they access or through information discovery of remote systems

MITRE ATT&CK

T1016

discovery

Detection Query

selection_img:
  - Image|endswith: \netsh.exe
  - OriginalFileName: netsh.exe
selection_cli:
  CommandLine|contains|all:
    - netsh
    - "show "
    - "firewall "
  CommandLine|contains:
    - "config "
    - "state "
    - "rule "
    - name=all
condition: all of selection_*

Author

frack113, Christopher Peacock '@securepeacock', SCYTHE '@scythe_io'

Created

2021-12-07

Data Sources

windowsProcess Creation Events

Platforms

windows

References

Tags

attack.discoveryattack.t1016

Raw Content

title: Firewall Configuration Discovery Via Netsh.EXE
id: 0e4164da-94bc-450d-a7be-a4b176179f1f
status: test
description: Adversaries may look for details about the network configuration and settings of systems they access or through information discovery of remote systems
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1016/T1016.md#atomic-test-2---list-windows-firewall-rules
    - https://ss64.com/nt/netsh.html
author: frack113, Christopher Peacock '@securepeacock', SCYTHE '@scythe_io'
date: 2021-12-07
modified: 2025-10-18
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.t1016
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        - Image|endswith: '\netsh.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: 'netsh.exe'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - 'netsh'
            - 'show '
            - 'firewall '
        CommandLine|contains:
            - 'config '
            - 'state '
            - 'rule '
            - 'name=all'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Administrative activity
level: low