vulnerability

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Weakness in an information system, system security procedures, internal controls, or implementation that could be exploited or triggered by a threat source.

polysemous

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

5 surface forms

synonym: exposure
alternatephrasing: Vulnerability
plural: vulnerabilities
possessive: vulnerability's
pluralpossessive: vulnerabilities'

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