# Earth Baxia: threat group profile

> Earth Baxia is a threat group thought to operate from China. Public reporting about it is still limited. This free profile brings together what is known about it, so you can judge the risk to you. It lists the other names the group goes by and links to every public report behind it.

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## At a glance

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Attack techniques | 0 |
| Thought to operate from | China |
| Other names | 0 |
| Public reports | 4 |

## Who is Earth Baxia?

Earth Baxia is a threat group thought to operate from China. Public reporting about it is still limited.

### What public reporting says

> Earth Baxia is a threat actor opearting out of China, targeting government organizations in Taiwan and potentially across the APAC region, using spear-phishing emails and exploiting the GeoServer vulnerability CVE-2024-36401 for remote code execution, deploying customized Cobalt Strike components with altered signatures, leveraging GrimResource and AppDomainManager injection techniques to deliver additional payloads, and utilizing a new backdoor named EAGLEDOOR for multi-protocol communication and payload delivery.

## Public reports about Earth Baxia

- https://www.tgsoft.it/news/news_archivio.asp?id=1568
- https://jp.security.ntt/tech_blog/appdomainmanager-injection
- https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/24/i/earth-baxia-spear-phishing-and-geoserver-exploit.html
- https://www.trendmicro.com/content/dam/trendmicro/global/en/research/24/i/earth-baxia-uses-spear-phishing-and-geoserver-exploit-to-target-apac/IOCs%20-%20Earth%20Baxia%20Uses%20Spear-Phishing%20and%20GeoServer%20Exploit%20to%20Target%20APAC.txt

## Frequently asked questions

### Who is Earth Baxia?

Earth Baxia is a threat group thought to operate from China. Public reporting about it is still limited.

### Where is Earth Baxia thought to be based?

Public reporting places Earth Baxia as operating from China. Attribution is never certain: it rests on the tools, infrastructure and targets researchers have seen.

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