Sigma rule: Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature Command PowerShell

Rule

Title

Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature Command PowerShell

Status

test

Level

high

Author

frack113

Date

2022-09-10

File

rules/windows/powershell/powershell_script/posh_ps_disable_windows_optional_feature.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detect built in PowerShell cmdlet Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature, Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool.
Similar to DISM.exe, this cmdlet is used to enumerate, install, uninstall, configure, and update features and packages in Windows images

Log source

product

windows

category

ps_script

definition

Requirements: Script Block Logging must be enabled

Detection

selection_cmd:
    ScriptBlockText|contains|all:
        - 'Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature'
        - '-Online'
        - '-FeatureName'
selection_feature:
    # Add any important windows features
    ScriptBlockText|contains:
        - 'Windows-Defender-Gui'
        - 'Windows-Defender-Features'
        - 'Windows-Defender'
        - 'Windows-Defender-ApplicationGuard'
        # - 'Containers-DisposableClientVM' # Windows Sandbox
condition: all of selection*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unknown

Tags

• attack.defense-impairment
• attack.t1685

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1685

References

• https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/5b67c9b141fa3918017f8fa44f2f88f0b1ecb9e1/atomics/T1562.001/T1562.001.md
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/dism/disable-windowsoptionalfeature?view=windowsserver2022-ps

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/powershell/powershell_script/posh_ps_disable_windows_optional_feature.yml