What is the role of intermediate certificates in the 'certificate chain' validation?

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What is the role of intermediate certificates in the 'certificate chain' validation?
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Intermediate certificates act as links between the end-entity server certificate and the trusted root CA certificate. A valid certificate chain requires all intermediate certificates to be present and correctly ordered, allowing the client to trace the certificate's origin back to a trusted root. Missing intermediate certificates break this chain.