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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

Sensitivity

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

Information Class

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

Variants

acronym
OVAL
plural
Open Vulnerability and Assessment Languages
possessive
Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language's
pluralpossessive
Open Vulnerability and Assessment Languages'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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SCAP language for specifying low-level testing procedures used by checklists.
NIST SP 800-1281 senseview framework →
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SCAP language for specifying low-level testing procedures used by checklists.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
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SCAP language for specifying low-level testing procedures used by checklists.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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