Question 490
An alert flags a vulnerable product based on a service banner that the vendor backported. What is the MOST appropriate analyst action based on the evidence?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Corrected software may retain old protocol banners. Close proven backport false positive.
Incorrect Answers
Strong technical evidence outweighs unsupported informal assurance. It would uphold confirmed vulnerability against denial, but it would not close proven backport false positive.
Accurate deployed artifact attribution is required to dismiss a finding. That is relevant to true-positive and false-positive analysis, not to close proven backport false positive.
Incomplete scans can produce false negatives. It would recognize false negative from denied authenticated check, but it would not close proven backport false positive.






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