oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2671

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2671
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2671
Title: Windows 2000 Certificate Validation Identity Spoofing Vulnerability (Test 2)
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: 6
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Product(s): Certificate Validation
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