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TCB Launcher

Certificate #4457

Webpage information ?

Status	active
Validation dates	22.03.2023
Sunset date	21-09-2026
Standard	FIPS 140-2
Security level	1
Type	Software-Hybrid
Embodiment	Multi-Chip Stand Alone
Caveat	When operated in FIPS mode with modules Windows OS Loader validated to FIPS 140-2 under Cert. #4339 operating in FIPS mode or Windows Resume validated to FIPS 140-2 under Cert. #4348 operating in FIPS mode
Exceptions	Design Assurance: Level 2
Description	The TCB Launcher Module, which consists of the binary TCBLAUNCH.EXE, is the module that launches the Hypervisor and Secure Kernel and other binary image files needed to launch those two components.
Version (Hardware)	Intel Core i5-8365U[2] and Intel Core i7-8665U[1]
Tested configurations	Windows 10 Enterprise May 2020 Update (x64) running on a Panasonic Toughbook FZ 55 with an Intel Core i5-8365U with PAA [2] Windows 10 Enterprise November 2019 Update (x64) running on a Dell Latitude 5300 2-in-1 with an Intel Core i7-8665U with PAA [1] (single-user mode)
Vendor	Microsoft Corporation
References	This certificate's webpage directly references 2 certificates, transitively this expands into 3 certificates.

Certificate

Webpage

Document information ?

Security policy

Security target PDF TXT

Symmetric Algorithms

AES-128, AES-192, AES-256, AES

Hash functions

SHA-1, SHA1, SHA-384, SHA-512, SHA-256, SHA-2, SHA2

Protocols

SSL

Randomness

DRBG, RBG

Block cipher modes

CTR, GCM

Vendor

Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft

Security level

level 1

Side-channel analysis

Cold boot

Standards

FIPS 140, FIPS 140-2, FIPS 186-4, FIPS 180-4, NIST SP 800-38D, NIST SP 800-90A, NIST SP 800-133, SP 800-90A, PKCS#1

File metadata

Title:	Microsoft Security Policy Document
Subject:	FIPS Certification
Author:	Microsoft Corporation
Creation date:	D:20221025145054-07'00'
Modification date:	D:20221025145054-07'00'
Pages:	20
Creator:	Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365
Producer:	Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365

References

Heuristics ?

No heuristics are available for this certificate.

References ?

No references are available for this certificate.

Updates ?

26.06.2023 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The computed heuristics were updated.
- The policy_processed_references property was updated, with the {'indirectly_referenced_by': {'__add__': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['4537', '4538', '4536']}}} data.
- The module_processed_references property was updated, with the {'indirectly_referenced_by': {'__add__': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['4537', '4538', '4536']}}} data.
18.05.2023 The certificate data changed.
Certificate changed

The web extraction data was updated.
- The certificate_pdf_url property was set to https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/certificates/March 2023_030423_0646.pdf.
The computed heuristics were updated.
- The policy_processed_references property was updated, with the {'directly_referenced_by': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['4511', '4515', '4512']}, 'indirectly_referenced_by': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['4511', '4515', '4512']}} data.
- The module_processed_references property was updated, with the {'directly_referenced_by': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['4511', '4515', '4512']}, 'indirectly_referenced_by': {'_type': 'Set', 'elements': ['4511', '4515', '4512']}} data.
27.03.2023 The certificate was first processed.

New certificate

A new FIPS 140 certificate with the product name was processed.

Raw data

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    "direct_transitive_cves": null,
    "extracted_versions": {
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    "module_processed_references": {
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    "module_prunned_references": {
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          "PKCS#1": 9,
          "RSA PKCS#1": 9,
          "SHA- 256": 1,
          "SHA-1": 5,
          "SHA-2": 2,
          "SHA-256": 15,
          "SHA-384": 4,
          "SHA-512": 6,
          "SHA1": 1,
          "SHA2": 1
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      "javacard_packages": {},
      "javacard_version": {},
      "os_name": {},
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      "/Producer": "Microsoft\u00ae Word for Microsoft 365",
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    "caveat": "When operated in FIPS mode with modules Windows OS Loader validated to FIPS 140-2 under Cert. #4339 operating in FIPS mode or Windows Resume validated to FIPS 140-2 under Cert. #4348 operating in FIPS mode",
    "certificate_pdf_url": "https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/certificates/March 2023_030423_0646.pdf",
    "date_sunset": "2026-09-21",
    "description": "The TCB Launcher Module, which consists of the binary TCBLAUNCH.EXE, is the module that launches the Hypervisor and Secure Kernel and other binary image files needed to launch those two components.",
    "embodiment": "Multi-Chip Stand Alone",
    "exceptions": [
      "Design Assurance: Level 2"
    ],
    "fw_versions": null,
    "historical_reason": null,
    "hw_versions": "Intel Core i5-8365U[2] and Intel Core i7-8665U[1]",
    "level": 1,
    "mentioned_certs": {
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      "4348": 1
    },
    "module_name": "TCB Launcher",
    "module_type": "Software-Hybrid",
    "revoked_link": null,
    "revoked_reason": null,
    "standard": "FIPS 140-2",
    "status": "active",
    "sw_versions": "10.0.18363[1] and 10.0.19041[2]",
    "tested_conf": [
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      "Windows 10 Enterprise November 2019 Update (x64) running on a Dell Latitude 5300 2-in-1 with an Intel Core i7-8665U with PAA [1] (single-user mode)"
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        "_type": "sec_certs.sample.fips.FIPSCertificate.ValidationHistoryEntry",
        "date": "2023-03-22",
        "lab": "LEIDOS CSTL",
        "validation_type": "Initial"
      }
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    "vendor": "Microsoft Corporation",
    "vendor_url": "http://www.microsoft.com"
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}