CVE-2006-1672

Description

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.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.80% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory cisco.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1256	vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/24438	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19553	third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25647	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17384	vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015871	vdb entry
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20060405-ons.shtml	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1672?: CVE-2006-1672 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1672?: To fix CVE-2006-1672, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-1672 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-1672 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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