Risk-Based Prioritization: The Context Factor

Most companies only look at the standard (Base) score of a CVE. However, a real risk model should consider 3 key parameters:

Base Metrics : The intrinsic, unchanging characteristics of the vulnerability (e.g., is it exposed to the internet or not).

Temporal Metrics : The current state of the threat (e.g., is there a ready-made exploit code that is actively used by hackers?).

Environmental Metrics : The context of your infrastructure.