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menuPassG0045 state

🇨🇳 CN · MSS · Tianjin Bureau

aka menuPass, Cicada, POTASSIUM, Stone Panda, APT10, Red Apollo, CVNX, HOGFISH, BRONZE RIVERSIDE, Menupass Team, happyyongzi, Cloud Hopper, ATK41, G0045, Granite Taurus, TA429, Purple Typhoon

Last updated: 2026-10-16

52attributed CVEs
65ATT&CK techniques
123.5IDF score (tooling uniqueness)
0exclusive CVEs
2012–2024years active

About this actor

[menuPass](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0045) is a threat group that has been active since at least 2006. Individual members of [menuPass](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0045) are known to have acted in association with the Chinese Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Tianjin State Security Bureau and worked for the Huaying Haitai Science and Technology Development Company.(Citation: DOJ APT10 Dec 2018)(Citation: District Court of NY APT10 Indictment December 2018) [menuPass](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0045) has targeted healthcare, defense, aerospace, finance, maritime, biotechnology, energy, and government sectors globally, with an emphasis on Japanese organizations. In 2016 and 2017, the group is known to have targeted managed IT service providers (MSPs), manufacturing and mining companies, and a university.(Citation: Palo Alto menuPass Feb 2017)(Citation: Crowdstrike CrowdCast Oct 2013)(Citation: FireEye Poison Ivy)(Citation: PWC Cloud Hopper April 2017)(Citation: FireEye APT10 April 2017)(Citation: DOJ APT10 Dec 2018)(Citation: District Court of NY APT10 Indictment December 2018)

Source: MITRE ATT&CK

Names & naming systems

Each vendor coins its own name for the same actor. Where a name follows a known scheme we attribute it; the rest are listed honestly as unclassified.

MITRE ATT&CKG-number catalogue id

G0045

Microsoftweather-system names

Purple Typhoon

CrowdStrikenation-animal names

Stone Panda

Mandiant / genericAPT numbering

APT10

Secureworkscolour-metal names

BRONZE RIVERSIDE

Palo Alto Unit 42constellation names

Granite Taurus

ProofpointTA threat-actor id

TA429

Unclassifiedno scheme matched

menuPassCicadaPOTASSIUMRed ApolloCVNXHOGFISHMenupass TeamhappyyongziCloud HopperATK41

How we know this

Data origin
MITRE ATT&CK Imported from the MITRE ATT&CK STIX bundle as an intrusion-set object.
Techniques
MITRE ATT&CK STIX mappings — 65 ATT&CK techniques on file.
Named victims
None on file.

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Activity timeline

2012: 1 CVE published120122015: 1 CVE published120152017: 3 CVE published320172018: 3 CVE published320182019: 13 CVE published1320192020: 17 CVE published1720202021: 14 CVE published2021: 46 KEV added6020212022: 3 KEV added320222024: 1 KEV added12024
CVE publishedKEV added

Profile

CVERiskCVSSEPSSPublishedProducts
CVE-2019-11510 KEV10.010.01.00002019-05-08see CVE
CVE-2020-1350 KEV10.010.00.96722020-07-14see CVE
CVE-2021-22893 KEV10.010.00.97002021-04-23see CVE
CVE-2015-4852 KEV9.99.80.96882015-11-18see CVE
CVE-2018-4939 KEV9.99.80.97322018-05-19see CVE
CVE-2018-6789 KEV9.99.80.97482018-02-08see CVE
CVE-2018-7600 KEV9.99.81.00002018-03-29see CVE
CVE-2019-0604 KEV9.99.80.99912019-03-05see CVE
CVE-2019-0708 KEV9.99.81.00002019-05-16see CVE
CVE-2019-11580 KEV9.99.80.97502019-06-03see CVE
CVE-2019-16278 KEV9.99.80.99062019-10-14see CVE
CVE-2019-16920 KEV9.99.81.00002019-09-27see CVE
CVE-2019-18935 KEV9.99.80.99742019-12-11see CVE
CVE-2019-19781 KEV9.99.81.00002019-12-27see CVE
CVE-2019-3396 KEV9.99.80.99912019-03-25see CVE
CVE-2020-10189 KEV9.99.80.99942020-03-06see CVE
CVE-2020-12812 KEV9.99.80.49342020-07-24see CVE
CVE-2020-15505 KEV9.99.80.99742020-07-07see CVE
CVE-2020-2555 KEV9.99.80.97122020-01-15see CVE
CVE-2020-5902 KEV9.99.81.00002020-07-01see CVE
CVE-2020-8515 KEV9.99.80.99992020-02-01see CVE
CVE-2021-21985 KEV9.99.81.00002021-05-26see CVE
CVE-2021-27101 KEV9.99.80.06002021-02-16see CVE
CVE-2021-27103 KEV9.99.80.11412021-02-16see CVE
CVE-2021-27104 KEV9.99.80.56692021-02-16see CVE
CVE-2018-13379 KEV9.59.11.00002019-06-04see CVE
CVE-2021-26855 KEV9.59.11.00002021-03-03see CVE
CVE-2012-0158 KEV9.28.80.99992012-04-10see CVE
CVE-2017-6327 KEV9.28.80.78182017-08-11see CVE
CVE-2020-0688 KEV9.28.80.99972020-02-11see CVE
CVE-2020-3118 KEV9.28.80.11812020-02-05see CVE
CVE-2021-22894 KEV9.28.80.50622021-05-27see CVE
CVE-2021-22899 KEV9.28.80.38002021-05-27see CVE
CVE-2020-1040 KEV9.09.00.07392020-07-14see CVE
CVE-2020-0601 KEV8.78.10.97332020-01-14see CVE
CVE-2017-11882 KEV8.57.80.99942017-11-15see CVE
CVE-2019-0803 KEV8.57.80.90362019-04-09see CVE
CVE-2019-1653 KEV8.57.50.99882019-01-24see CVE
CVE-2020-0787 KEV8.57.80.91412020-03-12see CVE
CVE-2021-26857 KEV8.57.80.95762021-03-03see CVE
CVE-2021-26858 KEV8.57.80.93652021-03-03see CVE
CVE-2021-27065 KEV8.57.80.99952021-03-03see CVE
CVE-2021-27102 KEV8.57.80.03652021-02-16see CVE
CVE-2019-1652 KEV8.17.20.97472019-01-24see CVE
CVE-2021-22900 KEV8.17.20.14152021-05-27see CVE
CVE-2020-8193 KEV7.86.50.97462020-07-10see CVE
CVE-2019-5591 KEV7.76.50.56822020-08-14see CVE
CVE-2020-8195 KEV7.76.50.95852020-07-10see CVE
CVE-2020-1472 KEV7.55.50.99512020-08-17see CVE
CVE-2020-8196 KEV7.54.30.70662020-07-10see CVE
CVE-2017-6328 6.98.80.02142017-08-11see CVE
CVE-2020-6789 5.87.80.00362021-03-25see CVE

Mitigating controls (NIST 800-53)

ControlTechniques coveredCoverage
SI-445 / 6569%
CM-641 / 6563%
CM-237 / 6557%
SI-336 / 6555%
AC-329 / 6545%
AC-629 / 6545%
CM-729 / 6545%
AC-227 / 6542%
CA-724 / 6537%
SI-721 / 6532%
AC-520 / 6531%
CM-519 / 6529%
SC-719 / 6529%
IA-218 / 6528%
RA-518 / 6528%

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