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CVE-2002-0862 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102866120821995&w=2 CVEMailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102918200405308&w=2 CVEMailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102976967730450&w=2 CVEMailing List
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-050 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9776 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-295Improper Certificate Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2002-0862
NVD Published Date:
Oct 4, 2002
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2002-0862 Details - Not Deferred