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Rene JC
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February 11, 2013
Question

Hacking Application.cfm

  • February 11, 2013
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In the past couple of weeks hackers have somehow been getting access to my application.cfm file and altering it, making my website not come up properly.

Is this a known security problem and does anyone know how to protect the file from getting hacked?

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    WolfShade
    WolfShade
    Legend
    February 11, 2013

    There is a known issue that (I believe) has been fixed in the most recent security patches, along with instructions to lock-down the system.  Did you find any files like "i.cfm" or "h.cfm"?

    ^_^

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    Rene JCAuthor
    Participant
    February 11, 2013

    No, I did not find any files that didn't belong on the site. When I find the problem on the website, I just re-upload the application.cfm from my local machine and it fixed the problem. I will look into installing the security patches. Thanks

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    Anonymous
    February 12, 2013

    Hi Rene,

    I would recommend looking for any unknown file and schedule task created in past few months. The files names have been mostly h.cfm and i.cfm. However it can be anything. Please also apply the recent security patches and take the steps mentioned. Fixing the application.cfm might not help completely in case back door files from previous attacks are lying in the server.

    Hope this helps.

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