CVE-2002-0862

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.

Affected products

Internet Explorer For Mac, Office For Mac, Outlook Express For Mac, Windows

Microsoft Windows 2000

All versions

Microsoft Windows 98

All versions

Microsoft Windows 98se

All versions

Microsoft Windows Me

All versions

Microsoft Windows Nt

= 4.0

Microsoft Windows Xp

All versions

Fix

Available

CVSS 2.0

6.8 MEDIUM

EPSS

15.8% (97th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-295

NVD status

Modified

Published

2002-09-10