Possible Firewall Configuration Enumeration Through Netsh.EXE (via process_creation)

title: Possible Firewall Configuration Enumeration Through Netsh.EXE (via process_creation)
id: eb1c99c3-a6d9-5130-8766-9743c8541556
status: stable
description: This rule detects threat actors may look for details about the network configuration and settings of systems they access or through information discovery of remote systems
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1016/
    - https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1016/T1016.md#atomic-test-2---list-windows-firewall-rules
    - https://ss64.com/nt/netsh.html
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-02-15
tags:
    - attack.discovery
    - attack.t1016
logsource:
    category: process_creation
    product: windows
detection:
    selection_img:
        - Image|endswith: '\netsh.exe'
        - OriginalFileName: 'netsh.exe'
    selection_cli:
        CommandLine|contains|all:
            - 'netsh'
            - 'show '
            - 'firewall '
        CommandLine|contains:
            - 'config '
            - 'state '
            - 'rule '
            - 'name=all'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: low