WTHelperCertFindIssuerCertificate function

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01/07/2021

[The WTHelperCertFindIssuerCertificate function is available for use in the operating systems specified in the Requirements section. It may be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions.]

The WTHelperCertFindIssuerCertificate function finds an issuer certificate from the specified certificate stores that matches the specified subject certificate.

Note

This function has no associated import library. You must use the LoadLibrary and GetProcAddress functions to dynamically link to Wintrust.dll.

Syntax

PCCERT_CONTEXT WINAPI WTHelperCertFindIssuerCertificate(
  _In_      PCCERT_CONTEXT pChildContext,
  _In_      DWORD          chStores,
  _In_      HCERTSTORE     *pahStores,
  _In_      FILETIME       *psftVerifyAsOf,
  _In_      DWORD          dwEncoding,
  _Out_opt_ DWORD          *pdwConfidence,
  _Out_     DWORD          *dwError
);

Parameters

pChildContext [in]

The subject certificate for which to find a matching issuer certificate.

chStores [in]

The number of elements in the pahStores array.

pahStores [in]

An array of certificate stores in which to search.

psftVerifyAsOf [in]

The time of verification.

dwEncoding [in]

A DWORD value that specifies the encoding types of the certificate to check. For information about possible encoding types, see Certificate and Message Encoding Types.

pdwConfidence [out, optional]

This parameter can be a bitwise combination of zero or more of the following confidence values.

Value	Meaning
CERT_CONFIDENCE_SIG 0x10000000	The signature of the certificate is valid.
CERT_CONFIDENCE_TIME 0x01000000	The time of the certificate issuer is valid.
CERT_CONFIDENCE_TIMENEST 0x00100000	The time of the certificate is valid.
CERT_CONFIDENCE_AUTHIDEXT 0x00010000	The authority ID extension is valid.
CERT_CONFIDENCE_HYGIENE 0x00001000	At a minimum, the signature of the certificate and authority ID extension are valid.
CERT_CONFIDENCE_HIGHEST 0x11111000	A combination of all of the other confidence values.

dwError [out]

A pointer to a DWORD variable that contains the error value for this certificate, if applicable.

Return value

An issuer certificate that matches the subject certificate specified by the pChildContext parameter.

Remarks

To successfully find a matching issuer certificate, the following requirements must be met:

The signature of the subject certificate specified by the pChildContext parameter must be valid.
The rgExtension member of the pCertInfo member of the pChildContext parameter must contain a CERT_AUTHORITY_KEY_ID_INFO structure. The CertIssuer and CertSerialMember members of this structure much match the corresponding members for the issuer certificate.
The value of the psftVerifyAsOf parameter must be within the period of validity of the subject certificate.
The period of validity of the subject certificate must be within the period of validity of the issuer certificate.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
DLL	Wintrust.dll

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