VDB-14818 · CVE-1999-1356 · XFDB 7763

Compaq SmartStart 4.50 on Win NT Integration Maintenance Utility privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Compaq SmartStart 4.50 on Win NT. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Integration Maintenance Utility. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-1999-1356. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Compaq SmartStart 4.50 on Win NT and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Integration Maintenance Utility. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 09/02/1999 as not defined posting (NTBugtraq). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-1999-1356. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (7763). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

Compaq

Name

SmartStart

Version

4.50

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

09/02/1999 🔍
09/02/1999 +0 days 🔍
06/21/2014 +5406 days 🔍
05/21/2018 +1430 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-1356 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1356
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14818
X-Force: 7763 - Compaq Integration Maintenance Utility installation using SmartStart modifies the legal notice

Entryinfo

Created: 06/21/2014 21:52
Updated: 05/21/2018 10:10
Changes: 06/21/2014 21:52 (45), 05/21/2018 10:10 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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