# Earth Lamia

> As of 2026-07-19, Earth Lamia is a China, Iran-nexus threat actor tracked by Threadlinqs Intelligence across 2 threats spanning malware, vulnerability. Also known as UNC5454. ATT&CK coverage spans 70 techniques across 14 tactics in 2 of 2 tracked threats. Most-observed techniques: T1005 (Data from Local System), T1041 (Exfiltration Over C2 Channel), T1082 (System Information Discovery).

- **Nation:** China, Iran
- **Tracked threats:** 2
- **Categories:** MALWARE, VULNERABILITY
- **Also known as:** UNC5454
- **As of:** 2026-07-19

## ATT&CK techniques observed

70 techniques observed across 2 of 2 tracked threats. Tactics: Command and Control (14), Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion) (12), Persistence (8), Discovery (6), Execution (6), Resource Development (6).

- [T1005](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1005) Data from Local System — Collection — observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1041](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1041) Exfiltration Over C2 Channel — Exfiltration — observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1082](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1082) System Information Discovery — Discovery — observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1190](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1190) Exploit Public-Facing Application — Initial Access — observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1567](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1567) Exfiltration Over Web Service — Exfiltration — observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1572](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1572) Protocol Tunneling — Command and Control — observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1008](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1008) Fallback Channels — Command and Control — observed in 1 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1016](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1016) System Network Configuration Discovery — Discovery — observed in 1 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1021](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1021) Remote Services — Lateral Movement — observed in 1 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1021.001](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1021.001) Remote Desktop Protocol — Lateral Movement — observed in 1 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1027](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1027) Obfuscated Files or Information — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion) — observed in 1 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1027.013](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1027.013) Encrypted/Encoded File — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion) — observed in 1 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1036](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1036) Masquerading — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion) — observed in 1 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1036.005](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1036.005) Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion) — observed in 1 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1046](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1046) Network Service Discovery — Discovery — observed in 1 of 2 tracked threats

## Tracked threats

- [Vshell C2 Framework — Chinese-Language Cobalt Strike Alternative in APT Campaigns (UNC5174/SNOWLIGHT, Operation DRAGONCLONE)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-0141) — HIGH
- [React2Shell CVE-2025-55182 — Multiple Threat Actors Actively Exploiting React Server Components RCE (CVSS 10.0)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-0080) — CRITICAL

## Related CVEs

5 CVEs referenced by tracked Earth Lamia activity.

- [CVE-2025-67779](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2025-67779)
- [CVE-2025-66478](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2025-66478)
- [CVE-2025-55184](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2025-55184)
- [CVE-2025-55183](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2025-55183)
- [CVE-2025-55182](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2025-55182)

## Full data

Infrastructure, IOC values and detection queries (Splunk SPL / Microsoft KQL / Sigma) require the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/Earth%20Lamia