Microsoft Windows Unauthorized Digital Certificates Spoofing Vulnerability - December 2013
Severity: CRITICAL
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
DESCRIPTION
An improperly issued subordinate CA certificate that could be used in attempts to spoof content, perform phishing attacks, or perform man-in-the-middle attacks. The subordinate CA certificate was improperly issued by the Directorate General of the Treasury (DG Trésor), subordinate to the Government of France CA (ANSSI), which is a CA present in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities Store. This issue affects all supported releases of Microsoft Windows.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1005040
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