uthenticode is a small cross-platform library for partially verifying Authenticode digital signatures. Versions of uthenticode prior to the 2.x series did not check Extended Key Usages in certificates, in violation of the Authenticode X.509 certificate profile. As a result, a malicious user could produce a "signed" PE file that uthenticode would verify and consider valid using an X.509 certificate that isn't entitled to produce code signatures (e.g., a SSL certificate). By design, uthenticode does not perform full-chain validation. However, the absence of EKU validation was an unintended oversight. The 2.0.0 release series includes EKU checks. There are no workarounds to this vulnerability.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-08-09T15:33:54.406Z

Updated: 2023-08-09T15:33:54.406Z

Reserved: 2023-08-08T13:46:25.241Z


Link: CVE-2023-40012

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-08-09T16:15:10.060

Modified: 2023-08-16T17:40:41.097


Link: CVE-2023-40012

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