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MITRE ATT&CK® Malware

S0417: GRIFFON

GRIFFON is a JavaScript backdoor used by FIN7. [1]

EnterpriseS0417MalwareObject v1.1Modified
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Security context for executives and security teams

Automation confidenceMedium

S0417: GRIFFON describes [GRIFFON](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0417) is a JavaScript backdoor used by [FIN7](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0046). (Citation: SecureList Griffon May 2019)

Executive priority

S0417: GRIFFON 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 S0417: GRIFFON 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 S0417: GRIFFON 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

GRIFFON

GRIFFON is a JavaScript backdoor used by FIN7. [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.

8 rows
DomainIDNameRelationship / procedure
EnterpriseT1113Screen Capture

GRIFFON has used a screenshot module that can be used to take a screenshot of the remote system.[1]

EnterpriseT1069.002Domain GroupsSub-technique

GRIFFON has used a reconnaissance module that can be used to retrieve Windows domain membership information.[1]

EnterpriseT1124System Time Discovery

GRIFFON has used a reconnaissance module that can be used to retrieve the date and time of the system.[1]

EnterpriseT1059.007JavaScriptSub-technique

GRIFFON is written in and executed as JavaScript.[1]

EnterpriseT1082System Information Discovery

GRIFFON has used a reconnaissance module that can be used to retrieve information about a victim's computer, including the resolution of the workstation .[1]

EnterpriseT1547.001Registry Run Keys / Startup FolderSub-technique

GRIFFON has used a persistence module that stores the implant inside the Registry, which executes at logon.[1]

EnterpriseT1053.005Scheduled TaskSub-technique

GRIFFON has used sctasks for persistence. [1]

EnterpriseT1059.001PowerShellSub-technique

GRIFFON has used PowerShell to execute the Meterpreter downloader TinyMet.[1]

Associated objects

Groups, software, and campaigns

GroupEnterprise

G0046: FIN7

FIN7 is a financially-motivated threat group that has been active since 2013. FIN7 has targeted the retail, restaurant, hospitality, software, consulting, financial services, medical equipment, cloud services, media, food and beverage, transportation, pharmaceutical, and utilities industries in the United States. A portion of FIN7 was operated out of a front company called Combi Security and often used point-of-sale malware for targeting efforts. Since 2020, FIN7 shifted operations to big game hunting (BGH), including use of REvil ransomware and their own Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), Darkside. FIN7 may be linked to the Carbanak Group, but multiple threat groups have been observed using Carbanak, leading these groups to be tracked separately.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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Change history

Object version and sync metadata

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ATT&CK release
19.2
Object version
1.1
Created
Modified
Raw hash
9a4c6fe01bc43d4c...
Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(2)
ReleaseBundle importedObject versionModifiedStatusRaw hash
19.21.1Current bundle9a4c6fe01bc4…
19.11.1Older bundle9a4c6fe01bc4…
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.

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]
    SecureList Griffon May 2019

    Namestnikov, Y. and Aime, F. (2019, May 8). FIN7.5: the infamous cybercrime rig “FIN7” continues its activities. Retrieved October 11, 2019.

    Open source URL
  2. [2]
    mitre-attackS0417
    Open source URL
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