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Explanation of terms used within FrSIRT Advisories and Alerts



Information published by FrSIRT is identified as follows :
 

FrSIRT/A-B-C
A   Information Type

  ADV for Security Advisories (vulnerabilities)

  ALRT for Alerts (worms, threats, attacks)

  INFO for Useful Informations (news)

B   Year (4 digits) 
C   Identifier (4 digits for ADVs and 5 digits for ALRTs)


Security Advisories and Vulnerabilities
 
  - Critical Risk (4/4)    : Remotely exploitable flaws, which could lead to system compromise (without user interaction).
  - High Risk (3/4)        : Remotely exploitable flaws, which could lead to system compromise (user interaction needed).
  - Moderate Risk (2/4) : Remotely and locally exploitable flaws, which could lead to denial of Service or privilege escalation.
  - Low Risk (1/4)         : Locally exploitable flaws, which could not lead to system compromise (e.g. information disclosure)

Security Alerts (Worms, Threats, Trojans)

  - Critical Risk (4/4)    : Highest level alert. Extremely dangerous threat and very difficult to contain.
  - High Risk (3/4)        : Highly dangerous threat or very difficult to contain.
  - Moderate Risk (2/4) : Potentially dangerous but containable threat.
  - Low Risk (1/4)         : Harmless and containable threat.



 

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