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DC0051 Firewall Rule Modification

Item Value
ID DC0051
Version 2.0
Created 20 October 2021
Last Modified 21 October 2025

Log Sources

Name Channel
AWS:CloudTrail AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress
AWS:CloudTrail Create egress rule allowing UDP to port 53, 123, 11211
AWS:CloudTrail Ingress rule creation or modification for security group
AWS:CloudTrail New security group created with permissive rules
esxi:hostd vSphere API calls modifying firewall settings
Firewall Audit Logs Config Change
Firewall Audit Logs Outbound NAT Rule Changes
linux:syslog iptables or nftables rule changes
networkdevice:cli firewall disable commands or suspicious ACL modifications
networkdevice:Firewall update_rule: Access control or NAT rule modified or disabled outside maintenance window
NSM:Firewall Policy Change / Rule Update
NSM:Firewall rule_modification: New or modified firewall rules related to wireless interfaces
WinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Windows Firewall With Advanced Security/Firewall new rule allowing inbound or outbound connections for remote desktop software
WinEventLog:Security Firewall Rule Modification

Detection Strategy

ID Name Technique Detected
DET0049 Behavioral Detection of Network History and Configuration Tampering T1070.007
DET0145 Detection of Disabled or Modified System Firewalls across OS Platforms. T1562.004
DET0445 Detection of Proxy Infrastructure Setup and Traffic Bridging T1090
DET0424 Detection Strategy for Disable or Modify Cloud Firewall T1562.007
DET0173 Detection Strategy for Endpoint DoS via Service Exhaustion Flood T1499.002
DET0317 Detection Strategy for Impair Defenses Across Platforms T1562
DET0408 Detection Strategy for Reflection Amplification DoS (T1498.002) T1498.002
DET0536 Detection Strategy for Wi-Fi Networks T1669
DET0325 External Proxy Behavior via Outbound Relay to Intermediate Infrastructure T1090.002
DET0075 Internal Proxy Behavior via Lateral Host-to-Host C2 Relay T1090.001
DET0259 Remote Desktop Software Execution and Beaconing Detection T1219.002
DET0306 Unauthorized Network Firewall Rule Modification (T1562.013) T1562.013