Security News > 2023 > January > Exploit released for critical Windows CryptoAPI spoofing bug
Proof of concept exploit code has been released by Akamai researchers for a critical Windows CryptoAPI vulnerability discovered by the NSA and U.K.'s NCSC allowing MD5-collision certificate spoofing.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this bug in low-complexity attacks.
Today, security researchers with the Akamai cloud security firm have published a proof of concept exploit and shared an OSQuery to help defenders detect CryptoAPI library versions vulnerable to attacks.
Should an attack using a CVE-2022-34689 exploit be successful, it could also provide attackers with the ability to perform man-in-the-middle attacks and decrypt confidential information on user connections to the affected software, such as web browsers that use Windows' CryptoAPI cryptography library.
"There is still a lot of code that uses this API and might be exposed to this vulnerability, warranting a patch even for discontinued versions of Windows, like Windows 7. We advise you to patch your Windows servers and endpoints with the latest security patch released by Microsoft," Akamai said.
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-11 | CVE-2022-34689 | Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft products Windows CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability | 0.0 |