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Elastic Docs ›Elastic Security Solution [8.8] ›Downloadable rule update v8.2.1

Attempt to Disable IPTables or Firewall

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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: query

Rule indices:

  • auditbeat-*
  • logs-endpoint.events.*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

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: 7

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule query

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event.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))

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

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