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Vulnerability Assessment Details

Flaw in Certificate Enrollment Control Could Allow Deletion of Digital Certificates (Q323172)

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for MS Hotfix Q323172, Certificate Enrollment Flaw

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

It is possible to delete digital certificates on the remote host.

Description :

The remote host contains a version of the Certificate Enrollment
control which is vulnerable to a security flaw which may permit an
attacker to delete certificate.
To exploit this vulnerability a possible hacker must create a rogue web
server with SSL and lure the user to visit this site.

Solution :

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows NT, 2000 and XP :

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-048.mspx

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 3
(AV:R/AC:H/Au:NR/C:N/A:P/I:N/B:A)

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security

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