Hi Tom,
That link is interesting. The Exhibit Engine (a photo album web tool) is
mentioned there; I actually don't use it, but I've got an album there
created with JAlbum, and the pages contain links to the Exhibit Engine.
I guess that was the reason why the server has been scanned?
thanks
Simon
Tom Ritter wrote:
> Based on some googling, and finding similar vulnerabilities [1], it
> seems likely someone was just running a very wide vulnerability scan
> against your server. If you use any pre-built applications like phpBB
> or osCommerce, you should make sure they are up-to-date.
>
> -tom
>
> [1] http://secunia.com/advisories/cve_reference/CVE-2006-7183/
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