APT5

Origin🇨🇳 China

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK)29

SourceMITRE ATT&CK

Also known as:BASALT CASTLEBRONZE FLEETWOODKEYHOLE PANDAKeyhole PandaMANGANESEMulberry TyphoonPoisoned FlightTEMP.BottleUNC2630

About the group

APT5 is a China-based espionage actor that has been active since at least 2007 primarily targeting the telecommunications, aerospace, and defense industries throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia. APT5 has displayed advanced tradecraft and significant interest in compromising networking devices and their underlying software including through the use of zero-day exploits.

Attack chain

Plausible scenario built from the group's real techniques, ordered by the phases of an attack. Each step shows how the group typically operates.

Arsenal severity56

Impact: High

Illustrative chain derived from techniques documented in MITRE ATT&CK — it does not represent a specific past attack. Severity summarizes the known arsenal (kill-chain coverage, actively exploited CVEs, techniques).

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK) 29

How the group operates, mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK matrix and organized by the phases of an attack.

Resource development

Botnet

Initial access

Exploit Public-Facing Application

Execution

Cron PowerShell Windows Command Shell

Persistence

Additional Local or Domain Groups Local Account Web Shell Compromise Host Software Binary

Credential access

LSASS Memory Security Account Manager

Discovery

System Network Connections Discovery Process Discovery File and Directory Discovery Log Enumeration

Lateral movement

Remote Desktop Protocol SSH

Collection

Keylogging Local Data Staging Archive via Utility

defense-impairment

Disable or Modify Tools

stealth

Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location Process Injection Indicator Removal Clear Command History File Deletion Timestomp Domain Accounts Cloud Accounts

Exploited vulnerabilities 2

CVEs this group is known to exploit, per MITRE ATT&CK. Ordered by real-world severity.

CVE-2014-7169CRITICALEPSS 100%KEV MITRE ATT&CK

CVE-2016-6662EPSS 68% MITRE ATT&CK

Known infrastructure 7

Real indicators (C2, domains, URLs and hashes) associated with the malware this group uses. Source: abuse.ch (ThreatFox, URLhaus, MalwareBazaar).

urlhttp://92.127.156.174:8880/master.exeMimiKatzthreatfox

md5_hashfec27228340485485f6902f8759bbd62MimiKatzthreatfox

sha256_hashf9d53fdcc12d548e6c9bd395642f30d2b2c6a9a4204bc0948badf8a7c571c072MimiKatzthreatfox

sha1_hash07b35a3b431e653ddcf36cecd49793d538e2aa79MimiKatzthreatfox

sha1_hashc5ec7e2ad924e832e49fbac9d0c82719b570e080MimiKatzthreatfox

md5_hash77c96f339974b65ae435313a8fcc3b35MimiKatzthreatfox

sha256_hash889cc3e793cb39889c7acc8e73a84973e9a08fcd69451f7b546509c74ffdda90MimiKatzthreatfox

References

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