The Basic Idea of CVSS
What is the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), who is behind it, what are we doing with it, and what does CVSS Value mean to you? I will explain how a CVSS Score is calculated, what the different elements of it mean, what the differences are between the different CVSS versions.
The basic idea behind CVSS is to provide a general classification of the severity of a security vulnerability. This is about the classification and evaluation of weak points. But, what does the abbreviation CVSS mean?