CVE-2002-0862 | Microsoft Windows 98/98SE/ME/XP Crypto API authentication spoofing (MS02-050 / EDB-21692)
A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows 98/98SE/ME/XP and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function CertGetCertificateChain/CertVerifyCertificateChainPolicy/WinVerifyTrust of the component Crypto API. The manipulation leads to authentication bypass by spoofing.
This vulnerability was named CVE-2002-0862. The attack can be initiated remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.