Vulnerability Groups

Vulnerability Groups are logical grouping of vulnerability knowledge base. You can form vulnerability groups from the existing list of vulnerability test cases based on risk level, vulnerability type or services affected.

View vulnerability groups

To view the list of all existing vulnerability groups,

Visit the 'Admin' tab.
In this view, from the Manage section, click on Vulnerability Groups link
This, by default, leads to the Groups tab, which displays a complete list of all vulnerabilities that is scanned by Security Manager Plus.

Actions from this view

Scan this group - click on this link against each vulnerability group, to associate a hostname to scan based on this group
Add vulnerabilities to group - click this link, to add more vulnerabilities to the group (from the All vulnerabilities list)
Delete - click to delete this vulnerability group

Create custom vulnerability group

You can create your own custom vulnerability groups, from the existing vulnerabilities list that Security Manager Plus maintains in its vulnerability database, based on type, risk and service affected. To create custom vulnerability group follow these instructions :

Visit the 'Admin' tab.
In this view, from the Manage section, click on Vulnerability Groups link to come to the Groups tab
Click on the 'New Group' button
From here, specify the Group name and Description and select the vulnerabilities to be grouped from the all vulnerabilities list in the table below
Click 'Create' to create and save the new Vulnerability group

Viewing Group Details

You can view the information about each and every vulnerability associated to a vulnerability group, like Risk level, Vulnerability description, CVE ID. You can choose to view the different vulnerabilities under each group by selecting the group name from the 'Show Vulnerabilities in' drop-down menu to the right corner of this screen.

Actions from this view

Add to Group - you can select vulnerabilities from a chosen group and add them to any other group by clicking on this button and choosing the other vulnerability group name
Delete from Group - you can discard vulnerabilities from this group by clicking this button

Viewing affected hosts & details for a particular vulnerability

Click on the Short Description link against each vulnerability to view the complete description of the vulnerability and its remediation solution if any, along with the list of hosts it affects.