oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1056

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1056
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1056
Title: Microsoft Certificate Validation Flaw Identity Spoofing Vulnerability
Description: The (1) CertGetCertificateChain, (2) CertVerifyCertificateChainPolicy, and (3) WinVerifyTrust APIs within the CryptoAPI for Microsoft products including Microsoft Windows 98 through XP, Office for Mac, Internet Explorer for Mac, and Outlook Express for Mac, do not properly verify the Basic Constraints of intermediate CA-signed X.509 certificates, which allows remote attackers to spoof the certificates of trusted sites via a man-in-the-middle attack for SSL sessions, as originally reported for Internet Explorer and IIS.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2002-0862
Version: 8
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows XP
Product(s): Microsoft CryptoAPI
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