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Glossary: Threats, Threat Actors and Motivations

vulnerability types

Also written: software flaw

Broad kinds of weakness that tell you who fixes them: software flaws, misconfigurations, missing patches, end-of-life products, weak or default credentials, hardware and firmware, and human and process.

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misconfigurationmissing patchend-of-lifeweak or default credentialshuman and processrace conditioninjectionCWE