====== Successful Attack ======
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A **Success Attack**, also known as **Successful Exploit of a Vulnerability**) is a situation where an attacker causes any negative impact to [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:c:cia]] by leveraging a weakness in the vulnerable component.

Source: [[https://www.first.org/cvss/user-guide#Glossary-of-Terms ]]


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