Add, remove, or query Windows Firewall rules via the COM API (INetFwPolicy2) without spawning netsh.exe or cmd.exe. Useful for pivoting inside networks.

Arguments

Subcommand	Arguments	Description
`add`	`<name> <dir> <action> <protocol> [localport] [remoteport] [profile]`	Add a firewall rule
`remove`	`<name>`	Remove a firewall rule by name
`query`	`<name>`	Query details of a firewall rule
`list`	(no arguments)	Enumerate a deduplicated firewall rule view (capped at 200 unique rows)

Parameter values:

dir: in or out
action: allow or block
protocol: tcp, udp, or any
localport: required for tcp and udp; leave empty or omit it for any
remoteport: optional; if present, specify it before profile
profile: domain, private, public, or all (default: all)

Example Output

Add rule:

[+] Added firewall rule: name="pivot" dir=in action=allow proto=tcp localport=4444

Query rule:

[i] Rule: pivot
    Enabled:    Yes
    Direction:  IN
    Action:     ALLOW
    Protocol:   TCP
    LocalPort:  4444
    Profiles:   All

List all rules:

[i] Enumerating firewall rules (deduplicated view, cap: 200)
[+] Rule 1: Core Networking - DHCP (UDP-In)
    Direction: IN | Action: ALLOW | Protocol: UDP | Enabled: Yes
    LocalPort: 68 | RemotePort: -
[+] Rule 2: Core Networking - DNS (UDP-Out)
    Direction: OUT | Action: ALLOW | Protocol: UDP | Enabled: Yes
    LocalPort: - | RemotePort: 53
[+] Rule 3: pivot
    Direction: IN | Action: ALLOW | Protocol: TCP | Enabled: Yes
    LocalPort: 4444 | RemotePort: -
[+] Rule 4: Windows Remote Management (HTTP-In)
    Direction: IN | Action: ALLOW | Protocol: TCP | Enabled: Yes
    LocalPort: 5985 | RemotePort: -
  ...
[i] 187 firewall rules total, 173 unique rows
[i] Suppressed 14 duplicate rows

list collapses rows that share the same name, direction, action, protocol, enabled state, and displayed ports.

Remove rule:

[+] Removed firewall rule: "pivot"

Rule not found:

[-] Rule "pivot" not found: 0x80070002

Error (insufficient privileges):

[-] Failed to add rule "pivot": 0x80070005