Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-1672 · published 7 April 2006

CVE-2006-1672: Cisco transport controller vulnerability

Cisco · Transport Controller

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 2.0 High EPSS 4.1% · top 9.6%

7.5CVSS 2.0 base score

4.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

5Affected product versions listed by NVD

14References

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

5 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Ons 15310 Cl Series Cisco

Ons 15454 Mspp Cisco

Ons 15600 Cisco

Optical Networking Systems Software Cisco

Transport Controller Cisco

References

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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-1672), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.