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Information published by VUPEN Security is identified as
follows :
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VUPEN/A-B-C |
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A |
Information Type |
ADV
for Security Advisories (vulnerabilities)
ALRT
for Alerts
(worms, threats, attacks)
INFO
for Useful Informations (news) |
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B |
Year
(4 digits) |
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C |
Identifier (4 digits
for ADVs and 5 digits for ALRTs) |
Security Advisories and Vulnerabilities
- Critical Risk (4/4) : |
Remotely exploitable
flaws, which could lead to system compromise (without user
interaction). |
- High Risk (3/4) : |
Remotely exploitable flaws, which could lead to system compromise (user interaction
needed). |
- Moderate Risk (2/4) : |
Remotely and locally exploitable
flaws, which could lead to denial of Service or privilege
escalation. |
- Low Risk (1/4) : |
Locally exploitable flaws, which could not lead to system compromise
(e.g. information disclosure) |
Security
Alerts (Worms, Threats, Trojans)
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- Critical Risk (4/4) : |
Highest
level alert. Extremely dangerous threat and very difficult
to contain. |
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- High Risk (3/4) : |
Highly
dangerous threat or very difficult to contain. |
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- Moderate Risk (2/4) : |
Potentially
dangerous but containable threat. |
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- Low Risk (1/4) : |
Harmless
and containable threat. |
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