CVE-1999-1356

Medium

Published: 02/09/1999(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.35%

27th percentile - higher than 27% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Compaq Integration Maintenance Utility in versions prior to SmartStart 4.50 modifies the legal notice caption and text in Windows NT, which could lead to a violation of security policy.

Risk Assessment

Modification of the legal notice may result in non-compliance with the organization's security policy, increasing legal risks.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to SmartStart 4.50 or later to prevent modifications to the legal notice.

Original NVD description (English source)

Compaq Integration Maintenance Utility as used in Compaq Insight Manager agent before SmartStart 4.50 modifies the legal notice caption (LegalNoticeCaption) and text (LegalNoticeText) in Windows NT, which could produce a legal notice that is in violation of the security policy.