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Network Vulnerability Assessment
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Network Vulnerability Assessment

by Sagar Rahalkar
August 2018
Intermediate to advanced
254 pages
6h 20m
English
Packt Publishing
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CVSS calculator

In the previous sections, we looked at various categories of metrics that are taken into consideration for calculating the final CVSS score. It might appear overwhelming to consider so many values in calculating the score. However, this task is made easy by using the online CVSS calculator. It can be accessed at https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0.

The online CVSS calculator has got all the required parameters, and you need to select the right ones based on your environment and vulnerability context. Once done, the final score is automatically populated.

The following screenshot shows the CVSS calculator before selecting values for any of the parameters:

Consider a vulnerability that could be remotely exploited over ...

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ISBN: 9781788627252