Workload: How Is Vulnerability Risk and Severity Determined?

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Environment

• Carbon Black Cloud Console: All Versions
  • Workload
• vSphere Client Console: All Versions
  • Carbon Black plugin

Question

How is the risk and severity of a vulnerability determined?

Answer

VMware Carbon Black uses the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) which is a free and open industry standard for assessing the severity of computer system security vulnerabilities.

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