Re: [Full-disclosure] Unauthorized Digital Certificates Could Allow Spoofing

[Shreyas Zare <shreyas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Georgi Guninski <guninski@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/advisory/2718704
> Microsoft is aware of active attacks using unauthorized digital certificates 
> derived from a Microsoft Certificate Authority.
>
> what does this mean?
>
> m$ inadvertently gave signing rights to lusers, they got rooted
> or something else?


https://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2012/06/03/microsoft-certification-authority-signing-certificates-added-to-the-untrusted-certificate-store.aspx?Redirected=true

https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-unauthorized-certificate-was-used-sign-flame-malware


Shreyas Zare

Sr. Information Security Researcher
Secfence Technologies
www.secfence.com

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