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AN0407 Analytic 0407

Linux · attack.mitre.org · ATT&CK Enterprise v19.2

<p>Detection of iptables, nftables, or firewalld rule modifications. Correlation of sudden drops in active firewall rules with suspicious processes suggests adversarial evasion.</p>
Detects
T1686 Disable or Modify System Firewall
Part of
DET0145 Detection of Disabled or Modified System Firewalls across OS Platforms.

Log sources and channels

Exactly as MITRE states them in x_mitre_log_source_references. Where a channel is vague, it is vague in the source; kevmap does not tidy it.

Log sourceChannelData component
auditd:SYSCALLexecve: iptables, nft, firewall-cmd modificationsDC0064 Command Execution
linux:osqueryexecution of known firewall binariesDC0032 Process Creation

Mutable elements

Parameters MITRE marks as environment-specific. These are the knobs you are expected to tune; they are why an analytic is not a rule.

FieldDescription
AllowedScriptsBaseline admin scripts allowed to make firewall modifications.