The Room: “Learn how to identify, detect, mitigate and report a vulnerability effectively.”
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Task 2: Vulnerability Management vs Vulnerability Scanning
2.1. The process encompassing vulnerability scanning and other factors, such as risk acceptance, is called?
vulnerability management
2.2. Is the overall objective of vulnerability management to increase an organisation’s risk exposure? (yea/nay)
nay
Task 3: Vulnerability Classification
3.1. What is the CVSS for CVE-2013-1048?
4.6
3.2. What is the Access Complexity for CVE-2013-1048?
low
3.3. With the fictional CVE-2023-2022, what would the CVE ID assign year be?
2023
Task 4: Vulnerability Management Life Cycle – Discover & Prioritise
4.2. After scanning, what is the total number of medium-level vulnerabilities?
1
4.3. What is the severity score for the vulnerability “ICMP Timestamp Reply Information Disclosure”?
2.1
4.4. What is the operating system and the version number of the target machine?
Ubuntu 20.04
Task 5: Vulnerability Management Life Cycle – Assess & Report
5.1. Download the LinuxAppTask report in PDF format. What is the severity rating of the vulnerability in the report, where the solution type is “Workaround”?
Medium
5.2. What is the solution type for the “TCP timestamps” vulnerability?
Mitigation
5.3. What is the CVE for “ICMP Timestamp Reply Information Disclosure”?
CVE-1999-0524
Task 6: Vulnerability Management Life Cycle – Remediate & Verify
6.2. As a Security Engineer, the priority of a remediation ticket for a critical vulnerability must be (high/medium/low)?
high
Task 7: Vulnerability Management Framework
7.1. The process of listing vulnerabilities as per their order of priority is called?
Prioritise Vulnerabilities
7.2. Which phase entails updating and strengthening resilience plans and restoring any compromised capabilities or services caused by a cybersecurity event?
Recover