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CVE-2002-0862

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.8 Published: 2002-10-04 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Windows 98Microsoft Windows 98SeMicrosoft Windows NtMicrosoft Windows MeMicrosoft Outlook ExpressMicrosoft Windows XpMicrosoft Windows 2000Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft Internet ExplorerApple Macos

Weakness Type

CWE-295

References