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Attempt to Disable IPTables or Firewall

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Adversaries may attempt to disable the iptables or firewall service in an attempt to affect how a host is allowed to receive or send network traffic.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

  • logs-endpoint.events.*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References: None

Tags:

  • Elastic
  • Host
  • Linux
  • Threat Detection
  • Defense Evasion

Version: 1

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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process where host.os.type == "linux" and event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and
 (
   /* disable FW */
   (
     (process.name == "ufw" and process.args == "disable") or
     (process.name == "iptables" and process.args == "-F" and process.args_count == 2)
   ) or

   /* stop FW service */
   (
     ((process.name == "service" and process.args == "stop") or
       (process.name == "chkconfig" and process.args == "off") or
       (process.name == "systemctl" and process.args in ("disable", "stop", "kill"))) and
    process.args in ("firewalld", "ip6tables", "iptables")
    )
  )

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

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