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Attempt to Disable IPTables or Firewall
editAttempt to Disable IPTables or Firewall
editIdentifies attempts to disable ip tables or a firewall service, a technique adversaries can use to modify the network traffic hosts are allowed to send and receive.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- auditbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Host
- Linux
- Threat Detection
- Defense Evasion
Version: 4 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.8.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.10.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License
Rule query
editevent.category:process and event.type:(start or process_started) and process.name:ufw and process.args:(allow or disable or reset) or (((process.name:service and process.args:stop) or (process.name:chkconfig and process.args:off) or (process.name:systemctl and process.args:(disable or stop or kill))) and process.args:(firewalld or ip6tables or iptables))
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
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Technique:
- Name: Disabling Security Tools
- ID: T1089
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1089/
Rule version history
edit- Version 4 (7.10.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (7.9.1 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (7.9.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.action:(executed or process_started) and (process.name:service and process.args:stop or process.name:chkconfig and process.args:off) and process.args:(ip6tables or iptables) or process.name:systemctl and process.args:(firewalld and (disable or stop or kill))
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