Mastering Python for Networking and Security

Vulnerabilities format

The vulnerabilities are uniquely identified by the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) code, which was created by MITRE Corporation. This code allows a user to understand in a more objective way a vulnerability in a program or system.

The identifier code has the format CVE - year - number mode; for example CVE-2018-7889 identifies a vulnerability discovered in 2018 with identifier 7889. There are several databases in which you can find information about the different existing vulnerabilities, such as:

• Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures – The Standard for Information Security Vulnerability Names: https://cve.mitre.org/cve/
• National Vulnerability Database (NVD) : http://nvd.nist.gov

Usually, the published vulnerabilities ...