I see it all the time in the genral Apache logs. Obviously a hack attempt via some script run on the server to look for various vulnerable scripts. Problem is the attempts hit the server so fast and hard, it spikes the load to 20, 30 and beyond. I can only get in there to block the IP manually, AMAZINGLY BFD does not ever block these kinds of attempts!!!!
Here's a VERY sample short from /usr/local/apache/logs/access_log of a attempt that momentarily drove up the load and killed some services on our server (AGAIN):
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:46 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.0-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.0-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /mysql-admin/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:49 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:49 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:50 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:50 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:50 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:50 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:50 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:50 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:50 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:50 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.5.6/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:50 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:50 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:51 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:51 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:52 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:52 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:52 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:52 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:52 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:52 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.5.4/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:53 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:53 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:53 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.5.1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:55 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.2.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:57 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.2.6/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:59 -0500] "GET /myadmin/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:44:01 -0500] "GET /myadmin/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:44:01 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.0/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:44:01 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.2.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:44:01 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.2.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:44:02 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.0/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:44:02 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.2.6/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:44:02 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.0-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:44:02 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.2.6/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
Here's a VERY sample short from /usr/local/apache/logs/access_log of a attempt that momentarily drove up the load and killed some services on our server (AGAIN):
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:46 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.0-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.0-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /mysql-admin/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:47 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:48 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:49 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:49 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:50 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:50 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:50 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:50 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:50 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:50 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:50 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:50 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.5.6/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:50 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:50 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:51 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:51 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:52 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:52 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:52 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:52 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:52 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:52 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.5.4/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:53 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:53 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:53 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.5.1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:55 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.2.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:57 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.2.6/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:43:59 -0500] "GET /myadmin/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:44:01 -0500] "GET /myadmin/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:44:01 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.0/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:44:01 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.2.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:44:01 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.2.3/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:44:02 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.0/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:44:02 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.2.6/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:44:02 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.0-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -
217.160.227.75 - - [26/Jul/2006:04:44:02 -0500] "GET /phpMyAdmin-2.2.6/main.php HTTP/1.0" 404 -