Covenant can utilize WMI to install new Grunt listeners through XSL files or command one-liners.3
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Covenant S1155
- Type
- tool
- Platforms
- Linux, macOS, Windows
- Created
- 4 September 2024
- Last modified
- 6 September 2024
Covenant is a multi-platform command and control framework written in .NET. While designed for penetration testing and security research, the tool has also been used by threat actors such as HAFNIUM during operations. Covenant functions through a central listener managing multiple deployed "Grunts" that communicate back to the controller.[1][2]
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Techniques47th pct
4
Tactics32nd pct
1
Threat groupunranked
0
CampaignsNone recorded
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference S1155
Covenant can create PowerShell-based launchers for Grunt installation.4
Covenant provides access to a Command Shell in Windows environments for follow-on command execution and tasking.5
Covenant implants can gather basic information on infected systems.7
Covenant can create launchers via an InstallUtil XML file to install new Grunt listeners.8
Standing S1155
Reach is how much of ATT&CK this tool touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 825 ATT&CK software entries only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.
Reach
Techniques1047th pct
47th percentile · 53% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more Enterprise techniques.
Tactics432nd pct
32nd percentile · 68% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more tactics spanned.
Threat group161% tie · 22 values
61% of the population shares a single value across only 22 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Campaigns085% tie · 8 values
85% of the population shares a single value across only 8 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Coverage
Rules / technique40medTop 13%
87th percentile · 87% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.
Tests / technique7med
Detection coverage S1155
566 distinct rules cover the 10 techniques recorded for this tool. The 611 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 566 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 408 Sigma · 158 Splunk.
10 covered by at least one rule566 distinct rules in total
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