CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-1672

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The installation of Cisco Transport Controller (CTC) for Cisco Optical Networking System (ONS) 15000 series nodes adds a Java policy file entry with a wildcard that grants the java.security.AllPermission permission to any http URL containing "fs/LAUNCHER.jar", allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a CTC workstation.

Risk Assessment

The organization is at risk of remote takeover of CTC workstations, potentially leading to data theft, disruption of optical network operations, or further attacks on critical infrastructure.

Recommendation

Apply the patch provided by Cisco (CSCea25049) immediately and restrict access to CTC workstations to trusted networks and users only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The installation of Cisco Transport Controller (CTC) for Cisco Optical Networking System (ONS) 15000 series nodes adds a Java policy file entry with a wildcard that grants the java.security.AllPermission permission to any http URL containing "fs/LAUNCHER.jar", which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a CTC workstation, aka bug ID CSCea25049.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS