Categorygithub.com/gesellix/windows-authenticode-cert-tagging

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# README

windows-authenticode-cert-tagging

Standalone certificate_tag tool from https://github.com/google/omaha to modify signed Windows PE and MSI binaries without breaking the signature.

The code is based on a plain copy of the following revision: https://github.com/google/omaha/tree/c3e428cce2af4f8619658b553292147643820219/common/certificate_tag Some details about the tool's context can be read at the Omaha overview at https://omaha-consulting.com/google-omaha-tutorial-chrome-updater.

The certificate_tag tool supports two modes:

  1. putting content into the Authenticode signature after the PKCS#7 blob
  2. using a "superfluous certificate"

The first mode might not work, if Windows is configured with an enabled EnableCertPaddingCheck. See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securityadvisories/2014/2915720 for details. The check is opt-in only, so we can assume that the first mode should work on most systems.