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CompTIA Security+ study material · question 55 of 611

A vulnerability's base score is taken straight from a public feed and used to rank remediation. What assumption is being carried in unexamined?

  1. That threat and environmental conditions are at their worst case
  2. That the vulnerability has been patched by the vendor
  3. That the score already includes exploitation evidence
  4. That the asset is internet-facing
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Answer: A. That threat and environmental conditions are at their worst case

A base score assumes worst-case threat and environment. Adding the organisation's own environmental metrics is what makes it useful.

Source: CVSS v4.0 specification (FIRST) — CVSS v4.0 Specification Document › Introduction

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