Disable Windows Firewall by Registry
Detect set EnableFirewall to 0 to disable the Windows firewall
Detection logic
selection
TargetObject|endswith:
- \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile\EnableFirewall
- \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\EnableFirewall
Details: DWORD (0x00000000)Condition
selectionRaw YAML
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-impairment
- attack.t1686.003
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: mediumFalse positives
- Unknown
References
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