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CS0-003 · Question #16

A recent zero-day vulnerability is being actively exploited, requires no user interaction or privilege escalation, and has a significant impact to confidentiality and integrity but not to…

The correct answer is A. CVSS:31/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L. The attack vector is network (AV:N), the attack complexity is low (AC:L), no privileges are required (PR:N), no user interaction is required (UI:N), the scope is unchanged (S:U), the confidentiality and integrity impacts are high (C:H/I:H), and the availability impact is low…

Submitted by jordan8· Mar 6, 2026Vulnerability Management

Question

A recent zero-day vulnerability is being actively exploited, requires no user interaction or privilege escalation, and has a significant impact to confidentiality and integrity but not to availability. Which of the following CVE metrics would be most accurate for this zero-day threat?

Options

  • ACVSS:31/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
  • BCVSS:31/AV:K/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
  • CCVSS:31/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:H/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
  • DCVSS:31/AV:L/AC:L/PR:R/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H

How the community answered

(33 responses)
  • A
    61% (20)
  • B
    24% (8)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    12% (4)

Explanation

The attack vector is network (AV:N), the attack complexity is low (AC:L), no privileges are required (PR:N), no user interaction is required (UI:N), the scope is unchanged (S:U), the confidentiality and integrity impacts are high (C:H/I:H), and the availability impact is low (A:L).

Topics

#CVSS#Vulnerability scoring#Zero-day#Confidentiality

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