Internet Information Services Other Vulnerability - CVE-2002-0862 - Vulnerability Database

Internet Information Services Other Vulnerability - CVE-2002-0862

High
Reference: CVE-2002-0862
Title: Internet Information Services Other Vulnerability
Overview:

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.