[rasz]

>The old crypto API -didn't- check that certificates were signed from a fixed set of valid parameters. It would just check for sig validity allowing for spoofing of the cert.

This sounds exactly how pdf signatures were attacked and successfully defeated https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10832-how_to_break_pdfs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8FIDGmmYvs