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Glossary: Security Fundamentals

Attack complexity (AC)

Also written: AC

A CVSS metric that asks whether an attack works every time (L, low) or needs luck or special conditions (H, high). The regreSSHion flaw on office-srv is AC:H, which is one reason it ranks below the firewall.

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CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System)Vector stringAttack vector (AV)