This event indicates that a firewall rule has been deleted.
Note
In recent builds of Windows 11, this event has been replaced by a new event ID, Microsoft-Windows-Windows Firewall With Advanced Security/Firewall/2052: Firewall Rule Deleted.
- Account - Security Identifier (SID)
- Execution - Full Path
- Execution - Permissions / Account
- Execution - Process Tree
- Execution - Evidence of Execution
- Network Activity - Firewall Activity
- Windows 11 (
⚠️ Event ID changed to 2052) - Windows 10
- Windows 8
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista
%SystemRoot%\System32\Winevt\Logs\Microsoft-Windows-Windows Firewall With Advanced Security%4Firewall.evtx
The System/Security/UserID
and EventData/ModifyingUser
fields of this event provides the Security Identifier (SID) of the account that deleted the firewall rule.
The full image path for the process that deleted the firewall rule will be available in the EventData/ModifyingApplication
field of this event.
The System/Security/UserID
and EventData/ModifyingUser
fields of this event provides the Security Identifier (SID) of the account that deleted the firewall rule.
The Process and Thread ID of the process that deleted the firewall rule will be available in the System/Execution/ProcessID
and System/Execution/ThreadID
fields of this event, respectively.
The presence of this event indicates that the executable present in the EventData/ModifyingApplication
field of this event was run.
The presence of this event indicates that the firewall rule specified by the event was deleted.
The following additional fields are available in this event, and they indicate the new parameters for the firewall rule that was deleted:
XML Path | Interpretation |
---|---|
EventData/RuleId | The firewall rule's GUID |
EventData/RuleName | The name for the firewall rule as it appears in the Windows Firewall |
On an example system, an existing Windows Firewall rule was deleted from within the Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security control panel, causing the following event to be logged:
-
<Event
xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Windows Firewall With Advanced Security" Guid="{d1bc9aff-2abf-4d71-9146-ecb2a986eb85}" />
<EventID>2006</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000020000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2023-05-04T17:26:06.0482710Z" />
<EventRecordID>6669</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="2352" ThreadID="18980" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Windows Firewall With Advanced Security/Firewall</Channel>
<Computer>HLPC01</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-19" />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data Name="RuleId">{8736B31E-8792-452E-8D2D-C45621F236AF}</Data>
<Data Name="RuleName">Open SSH Port 22</Data>
<Data Name="ModifyingUser">S-1-5-21-3471133136-2963561160-3931775028-1001</Data>
<Data Name="ModifyingApplication">C:\Windows\System32\mmc.exe</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
This example was produced on Windows 10, Version 10.0.19044 Build 19044
The same activity, when reproduced on a Windows 11 system, results in the following event being logged:
-
<Event xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Windows Firewall With Advanced Security" Guid="{d1bc9aff-2abf-4d71-9146-ecb2a986eb85}" />
<EventID>2052</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000020000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2023-09-27T01:10:00.0598218Z" />
<EventRecordID>552</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="2704" ThreadID="3292" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Windows Firewall With Advanced Security/Firewall</Channel>
<Computer>W11</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-19" />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data Name="RuleId">{0D458E97-4EC5-4C5C-A5A4-F9F73E769168}</Data>
<Data Name="RuleName">Open SSH Port 22</Data>
<Data Name="ModifyingUser">S-1-5-21-937911350-1118943250-2293061635-1001</Data>
<Data Name="ModifyingApplication">C:\Windows\System32\mmc.exe</Data>
<Data Name="ErrorCode">0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
This example was produced on Windows 11, Version 10.0.22621 Build 22621