Sigma rule: Suspicious Program Location Whitelisted In Firewall Via Netsh.EXE

Rule

Title

Suspicious Program Location Whitelisted In Firewall Via Netsh.EXE

Status

test

Level

high

Author

Sander Wiebing, Jonhnathan Ribeiro, Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community

Date

2020-05-25

Modified

2023-12-11

File

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_netsh_fw_allow_program_in_susp_location.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects Netsh command execution that whitelists a program located in a suspicious location in the Windows Firewall

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection_img:
    - Image|endswith: '\netsh.exe'
    - OriginalFileName: 'netsh.exe'
selection_cli:
    - CommandLine|contains|all:
          - 'firewall'
          - 'add'
          - 'allowedprogram'
    - CommandLine|contains|all:
          - 'advfirewall'
          - 'firewall'
          - 'add'
          - 'rule'
          - 'action=allow'
          - 'program='
selection_paths:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - ':\$Recycle.bin\'
        - ':\RECYCLER.BIN\'
        - ':\RECYCLERS.BIN\'
        - ':\SystemVolumeInformation\'
        - ':\Temp\'
        - ':\Users\Default\'
        - ':\Users\Desktop\'
        - ':\Users\Public\'
        - ':\Windows\addins\'
        - ':\Windows\cursors\'
        - ':\Windows\debug\'
        - ':\Windows\drivers\'
        - ':\Windows\fonts\'
        - ':\Windows\help\'
        - ':\Windows\system32\tasks\'
        - ':\Windows\Tasks\'
        - ':\Windows\Temp\'
        - '\Downloads\'
        - '\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\'
        - '\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\'
        - '%Public%\'
        - '%TEMP%'
        - '%TMP%'
condition: all of selection_*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unknown

Tags

• attack.defense-impairment
• attack.t1686.003

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1686.003

References

• https://www.virusradar.com/en/Win32_Kasidet.AD/description
• https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/07e789f4f2f3259e7559fdccb36e96814c2dbff872a21e1fa03de9ee377d581f?environmentId=100

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/process_creation/proc_creation_win_netsh_fw_allow_program_in_susp_location.yml