CVE

The following table shows CVE attributes.

CVE

Attribute

Description

CVE ID

The unique identifier for the CVE.

CVEID

The actual identifier for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE), which is a unique common identifier (ID) for publicly-known information-security vulnerabilities in publicly-released software packages. The ID follows the format: CVE prefix + Year + Arbitrary Digits.

CVE Published Date

The date that the CVE entry was last modified in the NVD. This refers to 'ns2:last-modified-datetime' column in CPE Dictionary, which is published by the U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST).

CVSS Score

The common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an open framework for communicating the characteristics and impacts of IT vulnerabilities, which is adopted in the National Vulnerability Database (NVD).

CVSS Severity

The order of severity based on CVSS score:

High (CVSS score of 7.0 10.0)
Medium (CVSS score of 4.0 6.9)
Low (CVSS score of 0.0 3.9)

National Vulnerability Database (NVD) Published Date

The date the CVE entry was first published in the NVD. This refers to 'ns2:published-datetime' column in CPE Dictionary, which is published by the U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST).

Summary

The summary of the issue/vulnerability impact described on the CVE.

Reject Flag

The reject flag figure from the summary column.

Is Private?

Yes = Private entry; No = Original Technopedia entry

Private Flag

0 = Not Modified (i.e. original Technopedia entry); 1 = Modified Technopedia object; 2 = Proprietary object (those that have negative IDs).

Private Type

PRIVATE_TYPE = NULL if PRIVATE_FLAG = 0,PRIVATE_TYPE = Modified

Technopedia entry if PRIVATE_FLAG = 1,PRIVATE_TYPE = Proprietary entry if PRIVATE_FLAG = 2.