Firewall Policy Changed by a Suspicious Process
Description
Identifies attempts to modify the Windows Firewall Policy in order to permit an unsigned executable that was recently introduced. Malicious software frequently employs such alterations during installation to ensure uninterrupted network connectivity.
Query · eql
sequence with maxspan=1m
[process where event.action == "start" and
(
((process.Ext.relative_file_creation_time <= 500 or process.Ext.relative_file_name_modify_time <= 500) and
(process.code_signature.trusted == false or process.code_signature.exists == false) and
not process.code_signature.status : ("errorExpired", "errorCode_endpoint*") and
(process.executable : ("?:\\Users\\*", "?:\\ProgramData\\*", "?:\\Windows\\Temp\\*") or
process.executable regex~ """c:\\windows\\[a-z0-9\-\_\.]+\.exe""")) or
process.executable : "?:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\*" or
(process.code_signature.subject_name : "NetSupport Ltd" and process.Ext.relative_file_creation_time <= 500 and
not process.executable : ("?:\\Program Files\\NetSupport*.exe", "?:\\Program Files (x86)\\NetSupport*.exe"))
) and
not process.hash.sha256 in ("0f418b6eda02552ef104a836a8ba812ddcfae11506dc96cae71b719046cd749c",
"4cdb4fd1bb7a23c802abb6b5c0a973679495154b17a2234ea19e11fd0c8a2b0a",
"7d766d78c07024537114c7ddaec864810cac822719caf13ff738b52c2b663c75",
"e3fb22644ccfe21f511848e516c172802b9b6513625af1e5877e9dd88e8fe477") and
not (process.executable : "?:\\ProgramData\\checkmk\\agent\\bin\\cmk-agent-ctl.exe" and
process.parent.executable : ("?:\\Program Files\\checkmk\\service\\check_mk_agent.exe",
"?:\\Program Files (x86)\\checkmk\\service\\check_mk_agent.exe")) and
not (process.code_signature.subject_name : "Incredibuild Software ltd." and process.code_signature.trusted == true)
] as event0
[registry where
registry.path : "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet*\\Services\\SharedAccess\\Parameters\\FirewallPolicy\\FirewallRules\\*" and
registry.data.strings : "*Allow*Public|*" and stringcontains~(registry.data.strings, event0.process.executable)]