Yea, I've read about this problem with CFPOP somewhere... Spooky!

Anyway, is more than clear that now CFMX is the choice for hosting 
providers.

Thanks!
Alex


> ---------- Mensagem original -----------
> 
> De      : Jochem van Dieten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Para    : CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc      : 
> Data    : Sun, 21 Jul 2002 20:00:17 +0200
> Assunto : Re: CFHTTP, security hole?
> 
> Alex Hubner wrote:
> > 
> > Pull_action.cfm (on my remote server):
> > _________
> > <CFHTTP METHOD="get" 
> > URL="http://www.source_server.com.br/anyfolder/#url.anyfile#"; 
> > PATH="d:\anyfolder" FILE="#url.anyfileToSave#">
> > 
> > Well, as you can see this code "uploads" the 'anyfile' file to the
 
> > D:\anyfolder in the remote server. As many shared hosts, using bas
ic 
> > security, allow CFHTTP operations but disallow CFFILE operations (
for 
> > security reasons) this can be a security problem since I can repla
ce 
> > any file, including those under C:\winnt\system32 and also under 
> > other website folder... This can be considered a security problem?
 As 
> > far as I can see there's a LOT of shared hosts companies using CF 
> > Basic Security (disabling all tags)... CFHTTP cannot be disabled i
n 
> > this scenario. Advanced Security solves it?
> 
> cfhttp and cfpop (automatic retrieval of attachments and overwriting
 of 
> existing files) have this problem. In CF 5 this can be resolved usin
g 
> Sandboxes if you have Enterprise edition, not using just Advanced Se
curity.
> In CF MX you should be able to resolve this using Sandbox Security a
s 
> well, but I haven't finished testing it so I do not speak from exper
ience.
> http://livedocs.macromedia.com/cfmxdocs/Administering_ColdFusion_MX/
Security3.jsp
> 
> Jochem
> 
> 
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