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RE: 404 messages pointing to a strange location


From: "Tom Ritter" <tom () ritter vg>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 12:06:48 -0500

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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