What is the goal of somebody probing my aws ec2 instance with apache2?

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From access.log I found weird visiting pattern. What would be the purpose of this kind of probing?

219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:14 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/1phpmyadmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 195 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:14 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/2phpmyadmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:14 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/3phpmyadmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:15 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/4phpmyadmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:15 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/MyAdmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:15 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/PMA/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:15 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/PMA2011/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:16 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/PMA2012/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:16 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/PMA2013/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:16 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/PMA2014/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:17 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/PMA2015/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:17 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/admin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:17 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/admin/db/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:17 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/admin/pMA/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:18 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/admin/phpMyAdmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:18 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/admin/phpmyadmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:18 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/admin/sqladmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:19 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/admin/sysadmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:19 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/admin/web/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:19 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/administrator/PMA/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:19 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/administrator/admin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:20 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/administrator/db/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:20 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/administrator/phpMyAdmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:20 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/administrator/phpmyadmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:20 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/administrator/pma/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:21 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/administrator/web/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:21 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/database/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:21 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/db/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:22 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/db/db-admin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:22 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/db/dbadmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:22 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/db/dbweb/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:22 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/db/myadmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:23 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/db/phpMyAdmin-3/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:23 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/db/phpMyAdmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:23 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/db/phpMyAdmin3/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:24 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/db/phpmyadmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:24 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/db/phpmyadmin3/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:24 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/db/webadmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:24 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/db/webdb/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:25 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/db/websql/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:25 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/dbadmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:25 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/myadmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:26 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/myadminphp/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:26 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/mysql-admin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:26 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/mysql/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:26 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/mysql/admin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:27 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/mysql/db/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:27 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/mysql/dbadmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:27 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/mysql/mysqlmanager/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:27 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/mysql/pMA/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:28 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/mysql/pma/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:28 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/mysql/sqlmanager/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:28 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/mysql/web/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:29 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/mysqladmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:29 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/mysqlmanager/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:29 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/php-my-admin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:29 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/php-myadmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:30 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/phpMyAdmin-2/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:30 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/phpMyAdmin-3/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:30 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/phpMyAdmin-4/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:31 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/phpMyAdmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:31 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/phpMyAdmin2/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:31 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/phpMyAdmin3/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:31 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/phpMyAdmin4/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:32 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/phpMyadmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:32 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/phpmanager/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:32 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/phpmy-admin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:32 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/phpmy/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:33 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/phpmyAdmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:33 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/phpmyadmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:33 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/phpmyadmin1/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:34 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/phpmyadmin2/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:34 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/phpmyadmin3/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:34 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/phpmyadmin4/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:34 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/phppma/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:35 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/pma/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:35 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/pma2011/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:35 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/pma2012/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:36 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/pma2013/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:36 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/pma2014/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:36 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/pma2015/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:36 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/program/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:37 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/shopdb/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:37 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/sql/myadmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:37 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/sql/php-myadmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:38 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/sql/phpMyAdmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:38 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/sql/phpMyAdmin2/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:38 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/sql/phpMyAdmin3/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:38 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/sql/phpMyAdmin4/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:39 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/sql/phpmanager/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:39 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/sql/phpmy-admin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 194 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:39 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/sql/phpmyadmin2/ HTTP/1.1" 404 193 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:39 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/sql/phpmyadmin3/ HTTP/1.1" 404 193 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:40 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/sql/phpmyadmin4/ HTTP/1.1" 404 193 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:40 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/sql/sql-admin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 193 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:40 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/sql/sql/ HTTP/1.1" 404 193 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:41 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/sql/sqladmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 193 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:41 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/sql/sqlweb/ HTTP/1.1" 404 193 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:41 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/sql/webadmin/ HTTP/1.1" 404 193 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:41 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/sql/webdb/ HTTP/1.1" 404 193 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"
219.106.219.16 - - [11/Mar/2016:15:00:42 +0200] "HEAD my.aws.ec2.instance:80/sql/websql/ HTTP/1.1" 404 158 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 Jorgee"

As @ceejayoz said, bots are scanning all ips for vulnerable software. You can avoid this with modSecurity and fail2ban — CodeBrauer, Mar 11 '16 at 15:47

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 11 '16 at 15:43

19

Any web server on the public internet will see this sort of traffic.

Automated bots crawl all possible IP addresses looking for vulnerable versions of common software (including but hardly limited to phpMyAdmin, WordPress, Drupal, IIS exploits, etc.).

answered Mar 11 '16 at 15:43

ceejayoz

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Philip · Answer 2 · 2017-07-13T20:25:46.397

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If you use apache2 just include following line into your .htaccess file:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine on

  RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^(.*)Jorgee$
  RewriteRule .* - [F]
</IfModule>

So the bot will receive a 403 error and the request is not forwarded to your php application (which probably would open a database connection to respond with a 404 error)

edited Jul 13 '17 at 20:25

answered Jul 04 '17 at 17:38

Philip

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What is the goal of somebody probing my aws ec2 instance with apache2?

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