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VoimiX
VoimiX

Reputation: 1190

How to decode timestamp from digital PKCS7 signature?

I have a signature with timestamp. I am trying to decode the timestamp and decode its properties.

 var contentInfo = new ContentInfo(Convert.FromBase64String(data));
            var signedCms = new SignedCms(contentInfo, true);

            signedCms.Decode(Convert.FromBase64String(signature));
            signedCms.CheckSignature(true);


            foreach (var signerInfo in signedCms.SignerInfos)
            {
                foreach (var unsignedAttribute in signerInfo.UnsignedAttributes)
                {

                    if (unsignedAttribute.Oid.Value == "1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.2.14")
                    {
                        AsnEncodedData asnData = unsignedAttribute.Values[0];

                        byte[] asnBinary = asnData.RawData;
                    }


                }
            }

But I dont understand how can I decode asnData.RawData

At least I need to get date and verify that the timstamp is correct(it's signature is valid)

Do you have any ideas or expirience? Thanks

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3408

Answers (1)

E. Navarro
E. Navarro

Reputation: 29

A timestamp is nothing else than a counter-signature (a signature of your authenticated attributes). You would to look into the counter signatures within the SignerInfo structure.

signerInfo.CounterSignerInfos contains a collection of SignerInfo and will be used by most Authenticode signatures schemes (may be implementation specific). If your timestamp is based off of RFC-3161, then it may be elsewhere. I have found it as an unauthenticated attribute under the SignerInfo.UnsignedAttributes property with OID

1.3.6.1.4.1.311.3.3.1

With this OID, you can trivially find the timestamp.

foreach (CryptographicAttributeObject cryptoAttribute in primarySigner.UnsignedAttributes)
{
    if (cryptoAttribute.Oid.Value == szOID_RFC3161_TIMESTAMP.Value)
    {
        Pkcs9AttributeObject rfcTimestampObj = new Pkcs9AttributeObject(cryptoAttribute.Values[0]);
        //Decode the attribute
        SignedCms rfcTimestampMessage = new SignedCms();
        rfcTimestampMessage.Decode(rfcTimestampObj.RawData);
        //At this point you are obtained the timestamp message as a SignedCMS object - rfcTimestampMessage.SignerInfos.Count > 1
    }
}

Upvotes: 2

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