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MITRE ATT&CK® Malware

S0244: Comnie

Comnie is a remote backdoor which has been used in attacks in East Asia. [1]

EnterpriseS0244MalwareObject v1.1Modified
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Security context for executives and security teams

Automation confidenceMedium

S0244: Comnie describes [Comnie](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0244) is a remote backdoor which has been used in attacks in East Asia. (Citation: Palo Alto Comnie)

Executive priority

S0244: Comnie is an official MITRE ATT&CK software. Glexia treats it as defensive behavior context for prioritizing monitoring, control validation, and response planning without using the object by itself as an attribution claim.

Technical view

Security teams should validate S0244: Comnie by reviewing the official ATT&CK relationships, mapped tactics (the mapped ATT&CK tactic context), supported platforms (Windows), and available local telemetry before making detection or mitigation decisions.

Likely telemetry

  • Official ATT&CK relationships and object metadata
  • Network, endpoint, and security-tool telemetry

Detection direction

  • Validate whether S0244: Comnie appears in your detection coverage and tabletop scenarios.
  • Use the object to align executive risk language with SOC, incident response, and detection engineering work.
  • Do not treat ATT&CK relationship context as attribution without corroborating evidence.

Mitigation priorities

  • Map the object to existing controls and identify missing telemetry or response ownership.
  • Prioritize mitigations that reduce exposure on the listed platforms and tactics.
  • Review adjacent ATT&CK relationships before changing policy, detections, or reporting language.
Additional notes and limits

Baseline Glexia take generated from the official MITRE ATT&CK STIX object, source hash, tactics, platforms, and detection fields. It is safe to replace with a richer model-generated take for the same source hash later.

This baseline take is source-grounded and schema-validated, but it does not include environment-specific telemetry, incident evidence, or threat-intelligence corroboration.

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

Official MITRE ATT&CK definition

Comnie

Comnie is a remote backdoor which has been used in attacks in East Asia. [1]

View the same entry on attack.mitre.org (MITRE-hosted reference; in-page links above use the Glexia ATT&CK library.)

Glexia analysis

How security teams should use this page

Treat this object as behavior context, not an attribution claim. Validate the related groups, software, data sources, and mitigations against official ATT&CK relationships and your own telemetry before making control-coverage decisions.

ATT&CK relationship table

Techniques used

This mirrors the MITRE pattern of making group, software, campaign, and technique relationships scannable. Relationship notes come from mirrored ATT&CK relationship text when available.

19 rows
DomainIDNameRelationship / procedure
EnterpriseT1007System Service Discovery

Comnie runs the command: net start >> %TEMP%\info.dat on a victim.[1]

EnterpriseT1119Automated Collection

Comnie executes a batch script to store discovery information in %TEMP%\info.dat and then uploads the temporarily file to the remote C2 server.[1]

EnterpriseT1518.001Security Software DiscoverySub-technique

Comnie attempts to detect several anti-virus products.[1]

EnterpriseT1059.003Windows Command ShellSub-technique

Comnie executes BAT scripts.[1]

EnterpriseT1102.002Bidirectional CommunicationSub-technique

Comnie uses blogs and third-party sites (GitHub, tumbler, and BlogSpot) to avoid DNS-based blocking of their communication to the command and control server.[1]

EnterpriseT1057Process Discovery

Comnie uses the tasklist to view running processes on the victim’s machine.[1]

EnterpriseT1016System Network Configuration Discovery

Comnie uses ipconfig /all and route PRINT to identify network adapter and interface information.[1]

EnterpriseT1087.001Local AccountSub-technique

Comnie uses the net user command.[1]

EnterpriseT1049System Network Connections Discovery

Comnie executes the netstat -ano command.[1]

EnterpriseT1018Remote System Discovery

Comnie runs the net view command

EnterpriseT1547.009Shortcut ModificationSub-technique

Comnie establishes persistence via a .lnk file in the victim’s startup path.[1]

EnterpriseT1071.001Web ProtocolsSub-technique

Comnie uses HTTP for C2 communication.[1]

EnterpriseT1059.005Visual BasicSub-technique

Comnie executes VBS scripts.[1]

EnterpriseT1573.001Symmetric CryptographySub-technique

Comnie encrypts command and control communications with RC4.[1]

EnterpriseT1082System Information Discovery

Comnie collects the hostname of the victim machine.[1]

EnterpriseT1218.011Rundll32Sub-technique

Comnie uses Rundll32 to load a malicious DLL.[1]

EnterpriseT1547.001Registry Run Keys / Startup FolderSub-technique

Comnie achieves persistence by adding a shortcut of itself to the startup path in the Registry.[1]

EnterpriseT1027.001Binary PaddingSub-technique

Comnie appends a total of 64MB of garbage data to a file to deter any security products in place that may be scanning files on disk.[1]

EnterpriseT1027Obfuscated Files or Information

Comnie uses RC4 and Base64 to obfuscate strings.[1]

Relationship explorer

All related ATT&CK context

uses · TechniqueT1007: System Service DiscoveryEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1119: Automated CollectionEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1518.001: Security Software DiscoveryEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1059.003: Windows Command ShellEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1102.002: Bidirectional CommunicationEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1057: Process DiscoveryEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1016: System Network Configuration DiscoveryEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1087.001: Local AccountEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1049: System Network Connections DiscoveryEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1018: Remote System DiscoveryEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1547.009: Shortcut ModificationEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1071.001: Web ProtocolsEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1059.005: Visual BasicEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1573.001: Symmetric CryptographyEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1082: System Information DiscoveryEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1218.011: Rundll32Enterpriseuses · TechniqueT1547.001: Registry Run Keys / Startup FolderEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1027.001: Binary PaddingEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1027: Obfuscated Files or InformationEnterprise
Change history

Object version and sync metadata

The fields below describe the current mirrored snapshot. When Glexia retains multiple ATT&CK source imports, you can open the table to compare the same object across releases (hashes and MITRE timestamps). For MITRE’s own release notes and roadmap, see ATT&CK resources — Updates.

ATT&CK release
19.2
Object version
1.1
Created
Modified
Raw hash
5d841f33a0b50cf0...
Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(3)
ReleaseBundle importedObject versionModifiedStatusRaw hash
20.01.1Older bundle5d841f33a0b5…
19.21.1Current bundle5d841f33a0b5…
19.11.1Older bundle5d841f33a0b5…
Raw source

Mirrored ATT&CK source object

The raw object is retained through the mirrored ATT&CK source bundle and object hash. The raw endpoint returns the exact object from the mirrored bundle when available.

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Source references

External references and citations

MITRE external references are preserved separately from Glexia analysis so citations remain traceable to their original source records.

  1. [1]
    Palo Alto Comnie

    Grunzweig, J. (2018, January 31). Comnie Continues to Target Organizations in East Asia. Retrieved June 7, 2018.

    Open source URL
  2. [2]
    Comnie

    (Citation: Palo Alto Comnie)

  3. [3]
    mitre-attackS0244
    Open source URL
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