How should we interpret CVSS severity scores?

CVSS estimates technical severity, but it does not automatically equal business risk. Prioritize using context like internet exposure, asset criticality, known exploitation, and whether compensating controls exist. A Medium CVSS on an exposed production system can be more urgent than a Critical on an isolated non-production host.

Vulnerability Database

Q: What is a Vulnerability (CVE) and why does it matter?

A security vulnerability is a weakness in software, hardware, or configuration that can be exploited to compromise confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Many vulnerabilities are tracked as CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), which provide a standardized identifier so teams can coordinate patching, mitigation, and risk assessment across tools and vendors.

Q: What's the difference between a vulnerability, an exploit, and a zero-day?

A vulnerability is the underlying weakness. An exploit is the method or code used to take advantage of it. A zero-day is a vulnerability that is unknown to the vendor or has no publicly available fix when attackers begin using it. Risk increases sharply when exploitation becomes reliable or widespread.

Q: Why do vulnerabilities keep reappearing in our environment?

Recurring findings usually come from incomplete asset discovery, inconsistent patch management, inherited images, and configuration drift. In modern environments, you also need to watch the software supply chain: dependencies, containers, build pipelines, and third-party services can reintroduce the same weakness even after you patch a single host.

Q: How do we prioritize remediation without burning out the team?

Use a repeatable triage model: focus first on externally exposed assets, high-value systems (identity, VPN, email, production), vulnerabilities with known exploits, and issues that enable remote code execution or privilege escalation. Then enforce patch SLAs and track progress so remediation is steady, not reactive.

Q: How can SynScan help reduce vulnerability risk over time?

SynScan combines attack surface monitoring and continuous security auditing to keep your inventory current, flag high-impact vulnerabilities early, and help you turn raw findings into a practical remediation plan.

325,773

Total vulnerabilities in the database

Vulnerabilities for products matching "mybulletinboard"

Found 1 matching product.

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60 vulnerabilities found

Title	Severity	Date	Affected Version
CVE-2009-2230	High	June 26, 2009 6/26/09	== 1.4.3 == 1.2.3 == 1.0 == 1.4.5 == 1.1.8 == 1.2 <= 1.4.6 == 1.2.5 == 1.1.6 == 1.1.3 == 1.2.11 == 1.2.10 == 1.4.2 == 1.0.3 == 1.1.5 == 1.1 == 1.1.4 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.4 == 1.1.2 == 1.0.2 == 1.1.7
CVE-2008-0787	Medium	February 15, 2008 2/15/08	== 1.10 == 1.1.1 == 1.2.3 == 1.0 == rc3 == 1.1.8 == 1.2 == 1.2.5 == 1.1.6 == 1.1.3 == rc2 == rc1 == 1.2.11 == 1.2.10 == 1.0.3 == 1.1.5 == rc4 == 1.0_pr2 == 1.1 == 1.1.4 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.4 == 1.1.2 == 1.0.2 == 1.1.7
CVE-2008-0382	High	January 22, 2008 1/22/08	== 1.0 == 1.0_pr2 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.2 == 1.0.3 == 1.0.4 == 1.1 == 1.1.1 == 1.1.2 == 1.1.3 == 1.1.4 == 1.1.5 == 1.1.7 == 1.1.8 == 1.10 == 1.2 == 1.2.10 == 1.2.3 == 1.2.5
CVE-2007-2211	High	April 24, 2007 4/24/07	<= 1.2.5
CVE-2007-1963	High	April 11, 2007 4/11/07	<= 1.2.3
CVE-2007-1964	Medium	April 11, 2007 4/11/07	== 1.2.5
CVE-2006-4971	Medium	September 25, 2006 9/25/06	== 1.10 == 1.14 == 1.0_final == 1.1.1 == 1.1.3 == 1.20 == 1.0.3 == 1.1.5 == 1.1 == 1.1.4 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.4 == 1.1.2 == 1.0.2 == 1.0_rc2 == 1.1.7 == 1.0_preview_release_2
CVE-2006-4972	Medium	September 25, 2006 9/25/06	== 1.10 == 1.14 == 1.0_final == 1.1.1 == 1.1.3 == 1.20 == 1.0.3 == 1.1.5 == 1.1 == 1.1.4 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.4 == 1.1.2 == 1.0.2 == 1.0_rc2 == 1.1.7 == 1.0_preview_release_2
CVE-2006-4706	Medium	September 12, 2006 9/12/06	== 1.1.7
CVE-2006-4707	Medium	September 12, 2006 9/12/06	== 1.1.7
CVE-2006-4449	Medium	August 30, 2006 8/30/06	== 1.1.7
CVE-2006-3953	Low	August 1, 2006 8/1/06	== 1.10 == 1.14 == 1.0_final == 1.1.1 == 1.0_rc4 == 1.00_rc4 == 1.00_rc3 == 1.1.3 == 1.20 == 1.0.3 == 1.00_rc4_security_patch == 1.04 == 1.01 == 1.00_rc1 == 1.1.5 == 1.0_pr2 == 1.00_rc2 == 1.1 == 1.1.4 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.4 == 1.1.2 == 1.0.2 == 1.0_rc2 == 1.1.7 == 1.0_preview_release_2
CVE-2006-3954	Medium	August 1, 2006 8/1/06	== 1.10 == 1.14 == 1.0_final == 1.1.1 == 1.0_rc4 == 1.00_rc4 == 1.00_rc3 == 1.1.3 == 1.20 == 1.0.3 == 1.00_rc4_security_patch == 1.04 == 1.01 == 1.00_rc1 == 1.1.5 == 1.0_pr2 == 1.00_rc2 == 1.1 == 1.1.4 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.4 == 1.1.2 == 1.0.2 == 1.0_rc2 == 1.1.7 == 1.0_preview_release_2
CVE-2006-3775	High	July 24, 2006 7/24/06	== 1.1.5
CVE-2006-3758	High	July 21, 2006 7/21/06	== 1.1.4
CVE-2006-3759	Medium	July 21, 2006 7/21/06	== 1.1.4
CVE-2006-3760	High	July 21, 2006 7/21/06	== 1.1.4
CVE-2006-3761	Low	July 21, 2006 7/21/06	== 1.0_final == 1.1.1 == 1.0_rc4 == 1.00_rc4 == 1.00_rc3 == 1.1.3 == 1.0.3 == 1.00_rc4_security_patch == 1.04 == 1.01 == 1.00_rc1 == 1.0_pr2 == 1.00_rc2 == 1.1 == 1.1.4 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.4 == 1.1.2 == 1.0.2 == 1.0_rc2 == 1.0_preview_release_2
CVE-2006-3420	High	July 7, 2006 7/7/06	== 1.1.1 == 1.1.3 == 1.1 == 1.1.4 == 1.1.2
CVE-2006-3243	High	June 27, 2006 6/27/06	== 1.0_final == 1.1.1 == 1.0_rc4 == 1.00_rc4 == 1.00_rc3 == 1.1.3 == 1.0.3 == 1.00_rc4_security_patch == 1.04 == 1.01 == 1.00_rc1 == 1.0_pr2 == 1.00_rc2 == 1.1 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.4 == 1.1.2 == 1.0.2 == 1.0_rc2 == 1.0_preview_release_2
CVE-2006-2908	High	June 13, 2006 6/13/06	== 1.1.2
CVE-2006-2949	Medium	June 12, 2006 6/12/06	== 1.1.2
CVE-2006-2589	Medium	May 25, 2006 5/25/06	== 1.1.1
CVE-2006-2333	Medium	May 12, 2006 5/12/06	== 1.1.1
CVE-2006-2336	Medium	May 12, 2006 5/12/06	== 1.1.1
CVE-2006-2103	Low	April 29, 2006 4/29/06	== 1.1.1
CVE-2006-1974	High	April 21, 2006 4/21/06	== 1.0_final == 1.0_rc4 == 1.0.3 == 1.0_pr2 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.2 == 1.0_rc2 == 1.0_preview_release_2
CVE-2006-1911	Low	April 20, 2006 4/20/06	== 1.1
CVE-2006-1912	Medium	April 20, 2006 4/20/06	== 1.10
CVE-2006-1716	Medium	April 11, 2006 4/11/06	== 1.10
CVE-2006-1717	Medium	April 11, 2006 4/11/06	== 1.10
CVE-2006-1625	Medium	April 5, 2006 4/5/06	== 1.10
CVE-2006-1345	Medium	March 22, 2006 3/22/06	== 1.10
CVE-2006-1281	Low	March 19, 2006 3/19/06	== 1.10 == 1.0_final == rc3 == rc2 == rc1 == 1.0.3 == rc4 == 1.0_pr2 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.4 == 1.0.2
CVE-2006-1282	Low	March 19, 2006 3/19/06	== 1.0_final == rc3 == rc2 == rc1 == 1.0.3 == rc4 == 1.0_pr2 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.4 == 1.0.2
CVE-2006-1272	Low	March 19, 2006 3/19/06	== 1.0.3
CVE-2006-1065	Medium	March 7, 2006 3/7/06	== 1.04
CVE-2006-0959	High	March 2, 2006 3/2/06	== 1.0.3 == 1.0.4
CVE-2006-0770	Low	February 18, 2006 2/18/06	== 1.0_final == 1.0_rc4 == 1.0.3 == 1.0_pr2 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.4 == 1.0.2 == 1.0_rc2 == 1.0_preview_release_2
CVE-2006-0638	Medium	February 10, 2006 2/10/06	== 1.0.3
CVE-2006-0639	Low	February 10, 2006 2/10/06	== 1.0.2
CVE-2006-0523	High	February 2, 2006 2/2/06	== 1.0_final == 1.0_rc4 == 1.0_pr2 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.2 == 1.0_rc2 == 1.0_preview_release_2
CVE-2006-0494	Low	February 1, 2006 2/1/06	== 1.0.2
CVE-2006-0495	Low	February 1, 2006 2/1/06	== 1.0.2
CVE-2006-0470	Low	January 31, 2006 1/31/06	== 1.0_final == 1.0_rc4 == 1.0_pr2 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.2 == 1.0_rc2 == 1.0_preview_release_2
CVE-2006-0406	Medium	January 25, 2006 1/25/06	== 1.0.2
CVE-2006-0364	Low	January 22, 2006 1/22/06	== 1.0_final == 1.0_rc4 == 1.0_pr2 == 1.0.1 == 1.0.2 == 1.0_rc2 == 1.0_preview_release_2
CVE-2006-0219	High	January 16, 2006 1/16/06	== 1.0_final == 1.01 == 1.0.2 == 1.0_preview_release_2
CVE-2005-4603	Low	December 31, 2005 12/31/05	== 1.0_rc4 == 1.00_rc4 == rc3 == 1.00_rc3 == rc2 == rc1 == 1.00_rc4_security_patch == 1.00_rc1 == rc4 == 1.0_pr2 == 1.00_rc2 == 1.0.1
CVE-2005-4200	High	December 13, 2005 12/13/05	== 1.0_rc4 == 1.00_rc4 == rc3 == 1.00_rc3 == preview_release_2 == rc2 == rc1 == 1.00_rc4_security_patch == 1.00_rc1 == rc4 == 1.0_pr2 == 1.00_rc2 == preview_release_2_rev_686

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Vulnerability (CVE) and why does it matter?

A security vulnerability is a weakness in software, hardware, or configuration that can be exploited to compromise confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Many vulnerabilities are tracked as CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), which provide a standardized identifier so teams can coordinate patching, mitigation, and risk assessment across tools and vendors.

CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) estimates technical severity, but it doesn't automatically equal business risk. Prioritize using context like internet exposure, affected asset criticality, known exploitation (proof-of-concept or in-the-wild), and whether compensating controls exist. A "Medium" CVSS on an exposed, production system can be more urgent than a "Critical" on an isolated, non-production host.

A vulnerability is the underlying weakness. An exploit is the method or code used to take advantage of it. A zero-day is a vulnerability that is unknown to the vendor or has no publicly available fix when attackers begin using it. In practice, risk increases sharply when exploitation becomes reliable or widespread.

Recurring findings usually come from incomplete Asset Discovery, inconsistent patch management, inherited images, and configuration drift. In modern environments, you also need to watch the software supply chain: dependencies, containers, build pipelines, and third-party services can reintroduce the same weakness even after you patch a single host. Unknown or unmanaged assets (often called Shadow IT) are a common reason the same issues resurface.

Use a simple, repeatable triage model: focus first on externally exposed assets, high-value systems (identity, VPN, email, production), vulnerabilities with known exploits, and issues that enable remote code execution or privilege escalation. Then enforce patch SLAs and track progress using consistent metrics so remediation is steady, not reactive.

SynScan combines attack surface monitoring and continuous security auditing to keep your inventory current, flag high-impact vulnerabilities early, and help you turn raw findings into a practical remediation plan.