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Baton Drop
Vulnerability
Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources
Oct 19: 0 mentions
Oct 20: 0 mentions
Oct 21: 0 mentions
Oct 22: 1 mention
Oct 23: 1 mention
Oct 24: 0 mentions
Oct 25: 0 mentions
Oct 19
Oct 22
Oct 25
Entities
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vulnerability
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Baton Drop
Frequency
2
occurrences
First Seen
October 22, 2026
Last Seen
October 23, 2026
API
Overview
Recent Events
Profile
Profile
MITRE ATT&CK
1 / 2
Exploited By
APT41
Associated Malware
BlackLotus
BlackX
MoonBounce
Tools Used
Jcef_helper.exe
MITRE Techniques
T1574 - Hijack Execution Flow
T1053 - Scheduled Task/Job
T1547 - Boot Or Logon Autostart Execution
T1562.001 - Disable Or Modify Tools
T1567.002 - Exfiltration to Cloud Storage
Affected Platforms
Windows
Regions
Uzbekistan
Indonesia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Sectors Affected
Government
-
REC
Recon
No techniques detected
-
RD
Resource Dev
No techniques detected
-
IA
Initial Access
No techniques detected
1
EX
Execution
T1053 - Scheduled Task/Job
2
PE
Persistence
T1574 - Hijack Execution Flow
T1547 - Boot Or Logon Autostart Execution
-
PE
Priv Esc
No techniques detected
1
DE
Defense Evasion
T1562.001 - Disable Or Modify Tools
-
CA
Cred Access
No techniques detected
-
DI
Discovery
No techniques detected
-
LM
Lateral Mov
No techniques detected
-
CO
Collection
No techniques detected
-
C2
C2
No techniques detected
1
EX
Exfil
T1567.002 - Exfiltration to Cloud Storage
-
IM
Impact
No techniques detected
5
techniques detected across
4
tactics
Related Clusters (1)
New BlackX Bootkit Targets Central Asian Diplomats via Baton Drop Exploit
3d ago
·
8 sources
77
Related Articles (2)
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Techtimes
·
2d ago
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Kaspersky
·
3d ago
Related Entities
APT41
Malware
Uzbekistan
Indonesia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Government
BlackLotus
BlackX
MoonBounce
T1574 - Hijack Execution Flow
T1053 - Scheduled Task/Job
