Vulnerabilities

The fields in the Vulnerabilities data model describe vulnerability detection data.

Tags used with the Vulnerabilities event objects

Object name	Tag name
Vulnerabilities	report
	vulnerability

Fields for Vulnerabilities event objects

Object name	Field name	Data type	Description	Possible values
Vulnerabilities	bugtraq	string	Corresponds to an identifier in the vulnerability database provided by the Security Focus website (searchable at http://www.securityfocus.com/).
Vulnerabilities	category	string	The category of the discovered vulnerability, such as DoS. Note: This field is a string. Please use a category_id field for fields that are integer data type. Keep in mind that the category_id field is optional and thus is not part of the CIM.
Vulnerabilities	cert	string	Corresponds to an identifier in the vulnerability database provided by the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT, searchable at http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/).
Vulnerabilities	cve	string	Corresponds to an identifier provided in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures index (searchable at http://cve.mitre.org).
Vulnerabilities	dest	string	The host with the discovered vulnerability. May be aliased from more specific fields, such as dest_host, dest_ip, or dest_name.
Vulnerabilities	dest_bunit	string	These are derived fields provided by Asset and Identity correlation features of certain advanced applications like the Splunk App for Enterprise Security. They should be left blank when writing add-ons.
Vulnerabilities	dest_category	string
Vulnerabilities	dest_priority	string
Vulnerabilities	dvc	string	The system that discovered the vulnerability. May be aliased from more specific fields, such as dvc_host, dvc_ip, or dvc_name.
Vulnerabilities	dvc_bunit	string	These are derived fields provided by Asset and Identity correlation features of certain advanced applications like the Splunk App for Enterprise Security. They should be left blank when writing add-ons.
Vulnerabilities	dvc_category	string
Vulnerabilities	dvc_priority	string
Vulnerabilities	msft	string	Corresponds to a Microsoft Security Advisory number (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/advisory/).
Vulnerabilities	mskb	string	Corresponds to a Microsoft Knowledge Base article number (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/).
Vulnerabilities	severity	string	The severity of the vulnerability detection event. Specific values are required. Use vendor_severity for the vendor's own human readable strings (such as Good, Bad, and Really Bad). Note: This field is a string. Please use a severity_id field for severity ID fields that are integer data types. Keep in mind that the severity_id field is optional and thus is not part of the CIM.	critical, high, informational, low, medium, unknown
Vulnerabilities	signature	string	The name of the vulnerability detected on the host, such as HPSBMU02785 SSRT100526 rev.2 - HP LoadRunner Running on Windows, Remote Execution of Arbitrary Code, Denial of Service (DoS). Note: This field has a string value. Please use signature_id for numeric indicators. Keep in mind that the signature_id field is optional and thus is not part of the CIM.
Vulnerabilities	tag	string	A tag associated with the vulnerability.
Vulnerabilities	user	string	The user that requested the HTTP resource.
Vulnerabilities	user_bunit	string	These are derived fields provided by Asset and Identity correlation features of certain advanced applications like the Splunk App for Enterprise Security. They should be left blank when writing add-ons.
Vulnerabilities	user_category	string
Vulnerabilities	user_priority	string
Vulnerabilities	vendor_product	string	The vendor of the vulnerability detection product or service.
Vulnerabilities	xref	string	A cross-reference identifier associated with the vulnerability. In most cases, the xref field contains both the short name of the database being cross-referenced and the unique identifier used in the external database.