Unauthorized Remote MySQL Accesss

dave_83

• November 10, 2016 12:10

I found a few unknown ip address entries under mysql remote access. How did this happen? I use safe passwords and as far as I know, brute force has catched all attempts. At first I thought that whm had a firewall enabled by default, but after searching for the settings section, I realized that I didn't have a firewall... until now (csf), which is a bit too late.

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  cPanelMichael

  • November 10, 2016 18:19

  Hello, Users can authorize remote IP addresses to MySQL via the following option in cPanel: Remote MySQL - Documentation - cPanel Documentation Is it possible an existing user authorized an IP address to the databases associated with their account? Thank you.

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  dave_83

  • November 10, 2016 18:38

  Hello, Users can authorize remote IP addresses to MySQL via the following option in cPanel:

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  cPanelMichael

  • November 10, 2016 19:22

  Hello, You'd have to enable additional MySQL logging functionality to track MySQL access, as referenced in your other thread at: Is there a way to see remote mysql connections? You could also review /usr/local/cpanel/logs/access_log to see if any other IP addresses accessed cPanel for the account. Thank you.

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  dave_83

  • November 10, 2016 21:24

  That solves the mystery. It looks like I actually added those IPs, it's a bit odd because I don't recall adding any Amazon aws connections... but the host adding url was executed from my IP, and based on the user agent I can say that it was most likely my computer. I also checked my firewall and there was no RPD connection that day. I did find a lot of other IPs trying to login to cpanel. What is the best way to secure my cpanel installation? is there a guide that would walk me through the best practices?

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  Infopro

  • November 11, 2016 09:33

  The cPanel documentation is a good place to start: Recommended Security Settings - cPanel Knowledge Base - cPanel Documentation

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  cPanelMichael

  • November 11, 2016 15:01

  I did find a lot of other IPs trying to login to cpanel. What is the best way to secure my cpanel installation? is there a guide that would walk me through the best practices?

  
  You could also use Host Access Control to allow your IP address or IP address range and deny all other access attempts to services such as cPanel/WHM if you are the only person accessing cPanel on the system. Information on how to complete this is available at: Host Access Control - Documentation - cPanel Documentation Thank you.

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