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Disable Windows Firewall by Registry

Detect set EnableFirewall to 0 to disable the Windows firewall

MITRE ATT&CK

defense-evasion

Detection Query

selection:
  TargetObject|endswith:
    - \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile\EnableFirewall
    - \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\EnableFirewall
  Details: DWORD (0x00000000)
condition: selection

Author

frack113

Created

2022-08-19

Data Sources

windowsRegistry Set Events

Platforms

windows

References

https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/40b77d63808dd4f4eafb83949805636735a1fd15/atomics/T1562.004/T1562.004.md

Tags

attack.defense-evasionattack.t1562.004

Raw Content

title: Disable Windows Firewall by Registry
id: e78c408a-e2ea-43cd-b5ea-51975cf358c0
status: test
description: Detect set EnableFirewall to 0 to disable the Windows firewall
references:
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/40b77d63808dd4f4eafb83949805636735a1fd15/atomics/T1562.004/T1562.004.md
author: frack113
date: 2022-08-19
modified: 2023-08-17
tags:
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1562.004
logsource:
    category: registry_set
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|endswith:
            - \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile\EnableFirewall
            - \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\EnableFirewall
        Details: DWORD (0x00000000)
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium