Suspected DPRK Campaign staging PHP2Shell Targeting against Global PHP infrastructure

2026-10-23 • Cyfirma •

https://www.cyfirma.com/research/cyfirma-threat-advisory-suspected-dprk-campaign-staging-php2shell-targeting-against-global-php-infrastructure

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CYFIRMA observed a Korean-speaking team preparing the June 2026 Minjun campaign to exploit CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 across internet-facing PHP systems, prioritising government, finance, manufacturing, logistics and aviation targets. The operators reportedly used a closed I2P channel to coordinate infrastructure, rank public proof-of-concept code with a local AI model and prepare a country-and-sector target list while avoiding noisy scanning. CYFIRMA links the activity to the Lazarus ecosystem with moderate confidence, citing language, targeting and historical web-shell tradecraft but acknowledging the absence of definitive malware or infrastructure overlap. The advisory provides staging infrastructure, suspected exploitation sources, payload indicators and urgent patching and hunting guidance.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
YARA PHP2Shell_SecondStage_ELF_SHA256 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
HASH b61a098fc62a2c2696e196dca78da71a 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
HASH 0c5486f06620e26e316f4b33f318b0d… 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 109.71.252.97 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 45.198.224.169 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 85.11.167.243 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 95.217.98.37 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 103.114.163.188 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 134.209.159.64 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 37.19.200.5 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 31.223.184.166 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 103.216.220.92 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
URL http://92.118.112.100/nfs 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 92.118.112.100 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 134.209.181.133 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 78.47.85.99 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 188.80.228.122 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 185.207.232.121 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 124.122.142.142 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 115.96.27.126 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 95.217.164.124 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 103.21.161.105 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 146.190.107.103 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 95.216.5.90 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 117.203.73.63 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 138.68.161.170 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 75.119.143.189 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 119.63.72.54 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 94.154.43.185 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 134.209.252.157 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 102.207.250.188 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 147.78.168.67 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 158.173.242.133 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 149.102.232.93 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 149.102.232.44 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 145.255.150.25 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 138.199.34.201 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 128.90.176.13 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 103.77.210.80 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 185.235.212.105 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 185.203.18.54 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 158.173.75.178 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 109.56.219.150 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 147.78.168.57 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 147.175.149.67 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 146.70.114.182 2026-10-23 2026-10-23
IPv4 146.70.114.180 2026-10-23 2026-10-23

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