13.140.233.153

Blocked Persistent Regular Toolkit Campaign member

Blocked since UTC, no end date. Our servers refuse it, web requests included, and it is in feed.txt.

Record

Score
44/100each request counts half as much after 30 days
Worst level
Persistent
Attack-shaped requests
69all time
Active days
2UTC days
First seen
Last seen
Servers hit
1
Targets
0sites
Times blocked
1by the evidence rules

First seen on UTC, most recently active on UTC.

Recorded 69 attack-shaped requests across 2 separate days.

Its traffic tried to run code through an exposed PHPUnit test helper (CVE-2017-9841) (25 requests); it also typed a command into a decoy shell that is not connected to anything real (16); it also requested a decoy path that only a scanner would ask for (14).

Seen by our honeypot sensor.

Scored into the "Persistent" level, its highest so far. Badges: Regular, Toolkit and Campaign member.

Its busiest hour on record began UTC, with 49 requests.

Routed via AS40021 (Contabo Inc.), a hosting network.

Surfaces: honeypot, ssh. Attack types: password guessing, leaked-password reuse, known exploits, injection, scanning, unclassified. Seen by: honeypot.

Activity, last 90 days

Active on 2 of the last 90 UTC days. Current block: , with no end date.

Daily counts
Attack requests per UTC day, days with activity only
Day (UTC)Requests
20
49
  • At least 36 requests a minute at its peak ( UTC; identical requests in the same second are stored once).
  • Methods: GET 42, POST 7.
  • The servers we watch answered: 404 44, 200 5 (totals only, from our web servers).

Evidence

Newest first, the latest 50 stored requests grouped into runs. Times are UTC. The user agent is shown as its family only.

Evidence, newest first, grouped by UTC day
TimeSiteWhat happenedRequestUser agentSeen by
requested a decoy path that only a scanner would ask forGET /containers/jsonhoneypot
2× used a directory-traversal segment (literal or percent-encoded ../) in the request path to try to escape the web rootGET /index.php?honeypot
requested a decoy path that only a scanner would ask forGET /public/index.php?honeypot
fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that respondsGET /index.php?honeypot
23× tried to run code through an exposed PHPUnit test helper (CVE-2017-9841) (23 distinct paths)GET /app/vendor/phpunit/phpunit/src/Util/PHP/eval-stdin.phphoneypot
8× requested a decoy path that only a scanner would ask for (8 distinct paths)GET /lib/phpunit/Util/PHP/eval-stdin.phphoneypot
tried to run code through an exposed PHPUnit test helper (CVE-2017-9841)GET /vendor/vendor/phpunit/phpunit/src/Util/PHP/eval-stdin.phphoneypot
4× requested a decoy path that only a scanner would ask for (4 distinct paths)GET /vendor/phpunit/phpunit/LICENSE/eval-stdin.phphoneypot
tried to run code through an exposed PHPUnit test helper (CVE-2017-9841)GET /vendor/phpunit/phpunit/src/Util/PHP/eval-stdin.phphoneypot
fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that respondsPOST /index.php?honeypot
tried to abuse a local or remote file inclusion parameter such as allow_url_includePOST /test.hello?honeypot
fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that respondsPOST /index.php?honeypot
2× tried to abuse a local or remote file inclusion parameter such as allow_url_include (2 distinct paths)POST /?honeypot
submitted credentials to a decoy login form designed to capture, never validate, themPOST /cgi-bin/%%32%65%%32%65/%%32%65%%32%65/%%32%65%%32%65/%%32%65%%32%65/%%32%65%%32%65/%%32%65%%32%65/%%32%65%%32%65/bin/shhoneypot
attempted the Apache 2.4.49 cgi-bin path-traversal exploit to read or execute files outside the web root (CVE-2021-41773)POST /cgi-bin/.%2e/.%2e/.%2e/.%2e/.%2e/.%2e/.%2e/.%2e/.%2e/.%2e/bin/shhoneypot
tried to make a decoy shell download a file from another serverhoneypot

Names infrastructure

Attacks sent by this address named these addresses as servers to fetch code from.

Network

ASN
AS40021 Contabo Inc.
Network type
hosting
Reverse DNS
vmi3690992.contaboserver.net
Country
United States US
Flags
none observed
Abuse contact
found in the registry
Checked

Elsewhere: GreyNoise, Shodan, AbuseIPDB.

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Campaign

Sends the same user agent (family: other) and asks for the same paths as 2 other addresses, seen together from to . Paths: /cgi-bin/.%2e/.%2e/.%2e/.%2e/.%2e/.%2e/.%2e/.%2e/.%2e/.%2e/bin/sh /cgi-bin/%%32%65%%32%65/%%32%65%%32%65/%%32%65%%32%65/%%32%65%%32%65/%%32%65%%32%65/%%32%65%%32%65/%%32%65%%32%65/bin/sh /hello.world? /? /index.php?.

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