Firewall Rule Update Via Netsh.EXE
Detects execution of netsh with the "advfirewall" and the "set" option in order to set new values for properties of a existing rule
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Log source product
- windows
- Log source category
- process_creation
Known benign triggers
- Legitimate administration activity
- Software installations and removal
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| ss64.com/nt/netsh.html | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- a70dcb37-3bee-453a-99df-d0c683151be6
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.defense-impairment
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1