Disable or Modify System Firewall - T1562.004

(ATT&CK® Technique)

Definition

Adversaries may disable or modify system firewalls in order to bypass controls limiting network usage. Changes could be disabling the entire mechanism as well as adding, deleting, or modifying particular rules. This can be done numerous ways depending on the operating system, including via command-line, editing Windows Registry keys, and Windows Control Panel.

D3FEND Inferred Relationships

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        graph LR;

     T1562004["Disable or Modify System Firewall"] --> |modifies| SystemFirewallConfiguration["System Firewall Configuration"]; class T1562004 OffensiveTechniqueNode;
        class SystemFirewallConfiguration ArtifactNode; click SystemFirewallConfiguration href "/dao/artifact/d3f:SystemFirewallConfiguration";
        click T1562004 href "/offensive-technique/attack/T1562.004/"; click SystemFirewallConfiguration href "/dao/artifact/d3f:SystemFirewallConfiguration";              RestoreConfiguration["Restore Configuration"] -->
          | restores | SystemFirewallConfiguration["System Firewall Configuration"];

          RestoreConfiguration["Restore Configuration"] -.->
            | may-restore | T1562004["Disable or Modify System Firewall"] ;
          class RestoreConfiguration DefensiveTechniqueNode;
          class SystemFirewallConfiguration ArtifactNode;
          click RestoreConfiguration href "/technique/d3f:RestoreConfiguration";

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