Researchers Pioneer PoC Exploit for NSA-Reported Bug in Windows CryptoAPI

Researchers have developed a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a public x.509 certificate-spoofing vulnerability in the Windows CryptoAPI that the NSA and the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) reported to Microsoft last year. Microsoft quietly patched the bug, tracked as CVE-2022-34689, in its August 2022 monthly Patch Tuesday security update, but only publicly disclosed it in October.

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