CAS-004 Security Operations Practice Question
A security analyst is reviewing CVSS scores for vulnerability prioritization. Which TWO of the following are component metric groups in CVSS v3?
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Temporal
CVSS v3 consists of Base, Temporal, and Environmental metric groups. Exploitability and Impact are sub-scores within the Base group, not separate groups.
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Impact
Why it's wrong here
Impact is a sub-score of Base, not a separate group.
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Temporal
Why this is correct
Temporal is one of the three metric groups.
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Exploitability
Why it's wrong here
Exploitability is a sub-score of Base, not a separate metric group.
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Environmental
Why this is correct
Environmental is one of the three metric groups.
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Attack Vector
Why it's wrong here
Attack Vector is a metric within Base, not a group.
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