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Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language

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SCAP language for specifying low-level testing procedures used by checklists.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Vulnerability0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

50%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

acronym
OVAL
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Open Vulnerability and Assessment Languages
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Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language's
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Open Vulnerability and Assessment Languages'