CVE-2002-0862

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0862
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-10-04 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe (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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-295 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Macos - All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer - All All All
Application Microsoft Office - All All All
Application Microsoft Outlook Express - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98se - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Me - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Nt 4.0 - All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Nt 4.0 - All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
'Insufficient Verification of Client Certificates in IIS 5.0 pre sp3' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-050 - Important | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
'IE SSL Vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List
'IE SSL Exploit' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List
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