Cpanel error log [ client denied by server configuration ]

Question

This is the first time I visited my error log (in cpanel) and found this:

client denied by server configuration: /home/mydomain/public_html/myFolder/index.php3, referer: http://some_domain.com
client denied by server configuration: /home/mydomain/public_html/myFolder/index.php4, referer: http://some_domain.com
client denied by server configuration: /home/mydomain/public_html/myFolder/index.cgi, referer: http://some_domain.com
client denied by server configuration: /home/mydomain/public_html/myFolder/index.pl, referer: http://some_domain.com
client denied by server configuration: /home/mydomain/public_html/myFolder/index.shtml, referer: http://some_domain.com
client denied by server configuration: /home/mydomain/public_html/myFolder/index.html, referer: http://some_domain.com
client denied by server configuration: /home/mydomain/public_html/myFolder/index.htm, referer: http://some_domain.com

client denied by server configuration: /home/mydomain/public_html/myFolder/index.php3
client denied by server configuration: /home/mydomain/public_html/myFolder/index.php4
client denied by server configuration: /home/mydomain/public_html/myFolder/index.cgi
client denied by server configuration: /home/mydomain/public_html/myFolder/index.pl
client denied by server configuration: /home/mydomain/public_html/myFolder/index.shtml
client denied by server configuration: /home/mydomain/public_html/myFolder/index.html
client denied by server configuration: /home/mydomain/public_html/myFolder/index.htm

Above in referer theres a domain and in second theres no referer.

Is some body trying to hack me? Or what is this..?

Thank You.

Answer 1

Maybe someone's trying to enumerate your publicly accessible files? Not sure, Im not really familiar w/the format of CPanel's log file.

Can you get access to apache.log for the same time frame?

Answer 2

Had same issue.

Try to put DirectoryIndex index.php in your .htaccess

Hope this will fix problem