Attempted Apache Exploit???

[Timothy J. Finucane]

Possibly related to this little item?

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5247187.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed

Tim




On Fri, 2004-06-25 at 11:41, Dan Born wrote:
> On Jun 25 11:03, Frank Kumro wrote:
> > Obviously I cut the rest off because the log file was a couple mb from
> > all the attempts. Was this an attempt to exploit the apache? I have no
> > idea what else it would be. I do have the ip addresses of the people
> > who made the requests, is this worth making a stink about?
> 
> Most likely an attempt at exploiting IIS, the Microsoft web server.
> My logs are filled with hundreds of such attempts.  Most of them come
> from Windows viruses from people who don't know or care that their
> machines are infected.
> 
> Maybe you could go to the ISP of whoever these attempts are coming from,
> and see if they'll do anything.