{"cve":"CVE-2002-0862","nvd":{"published":"2002-10-04T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T21:58:17.140","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-295"],"references":["http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102866120821995&w=2","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102918200405308&w=2","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102976967730450&w=2","https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-050","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9776"],"products":["microsoft:internet_explorer","microsoft:office","microsoft:outlook_express","microsoft:windows_2000","microsoft:windows_98","microsoft:windows_98se","microsoft:windows_me","microsoft:windows_nt","microsoft:windows_xp"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:34:38.930894741+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2002-0862","score":0.1576,"percentile":0.96871,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}