Remote Desktop firewall rules

Remote Desktop Enabled in Windows Firewalledit

Identifies use of the network shell utility (netsh.exe) to enable inbound Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connections in the Windows Firewall.

Rule type: eql

Rule indices:

  • winlogbeat-*
  • logs-endpoint.events.*
  • logs-windows.*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5 minutes

Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

Tags:

  • Elastic
  • Host
  • Windows
  • Threat Detection
  • Defense Evasion

Version: 4 (version history)

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0

Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.16.0

Rule authors: Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

process where event.type in ("start", "process_started") and (process.name : "netsh.exe" or process.pe.original_file_name == "netsh.exe") and process.args : ("localport=3389", "RemoteDesktop", "group=\"remote desktop\"") and process.args : ("action=allow", "enable=Yes", "enable")

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

Version 4 (7.16.0 release)Version 3 (7.12.0 release)Version 2 (7.11.2 release)