Name of Your Organization:
Qualys, Inc.
Web Site:
www.qualys.com
Compatible Capability:
QualysGuard Consultant
Capability home page:
http://www.qualys.com/webservices/qgcons/
General Capability Questions
1) Product Accessibility <CR_2.4>
Provide a short description of how and where
your capability is made available to your customers and the public (required):
The QualysGuard OnDemand Platform for Network Security Audits, Vulnerability
Management and Remediation is available via secure Web Browser.
Mapping Questions
4) Map Currency Indication <CR_5.1>
Describe how and where your capability indicates
the most recent CVE version used to create or update its mappings (required):
The QualysGuard Vulnerability KnowledgeBase is updated on a daily basis
with latest vulnerability and CVE mapping information from a variety of
sources including cve.mitre.org.
5) Map Currency Update Approach <CR_5.2>
Indicate how often you plan on updating the mappings
to reflect new CVE versions and describe your approach to keeping reasonably
current with CVE versions when mapping them to your repository (recommended):
The QualysGuard Vulnerability KnowledgeBase is updated on a daily basis
with latest vulnerability and CVE mapping information from a variety of
sources including cve.mitre.org.
6) Map Currency Update Time <CR_5.3>
Describe how and where you explain to your customers
the timeframe they should expect an update of your capability's mappings
to reflect a newly released CVE version (recommended):
The QualysGuard Vulnerability KnowledgeBase is always up to date, which
is documented in the QualysGuard Online Help.
Documentation Questions
7) CVE and Compatibility Documentation<CR_4.1>
Provide a copy, or directions to its location,
of where your documentation describes CVE and CVE compatibility for
your customers (required):
Documentation on CVE and CVE compatibility is located in the QualysGuard
Online Help section of the application. The Web based user interface has
a Help icon located at the top of all pages that will bring customers
to the main Help page. One way to navigate to the CVE information within
the Online Help is to do a search on "CVE".
8) Documentation of Finding Elements
Using CVE Names <CR_4.2>
Provide a copy, or directions to its location, of
where your documentation describes the specific details of how your
customers can use CVE names to find the individual security elements
within your capability's repository (required):
The Online Help page described in Question 7 contains
information on finding elements in the QualysGuard Vulnerability Knowledgebase
using CVE names. Here's an example:
If you are looking for a specific CGI vulnerability and you know that
the last 4 digits of the CVE ID are "0937", enter the following
search criteria: Find "CVE ID" within "CGI" containing
"0937"
9) Documentation of Finding CVE
Names Using Elements <CR_4.3>
Provide a copy, or directions to its location, of
where your documentation describes the process a user would follow to
find the CVE names associated with individual security elements within
your capability's repository (required):
The Online Help page described in Question 7 contains
information on finding CVE names in the QualysGuard Vulnerability Knowledgebase
using elements. Additionally, the vulnerability signatures within the
QualysGuard Vulnerability Knowledgebase contain links to the associated
CVE vulnerability page on the cve.mitre.org website.
Candidate Support Questions
11) Candidates Versus Entries Indication
<CR_6.1>
If CVE candidates are supported or used, explain
how you indicate that candidates are not accepted CVE entries (required):
The CAN prefix is used for all candidates to differentiate them from CVE
entries which have the CVE prefix.
12) Candidates Versus Entries Explanation
<CR_6.2>
If CVE candidates are supported or used, explain
where and how the difference between candidates and entries is explained
to your customers (recommended):
The Online Help page described in Question 7 contains
explanation on Candidates versus Entries.
13) Candidate to Entry Promotion <CR_6.3>
If CVE candidates are supported or used, explain
your policy for changing candidates into entries within your capability
and describe where and how this is communicated to your customers (recommended):
The QualysGuard Vulnerability KnowledgeBase is updated on a daily basis
with graduation information from CAN to CVE which is immediately available
via the QualsyGuard Web based Userinterface.
14) Candidate and Entry Search
Support <CR_6.4>
If CVE candidates are supported or used, explain
where and how a customer can find the explanation of your search function's
ability to look for candidates and entries by using just the YYYY-NNNN
portion of the CVE names (recommended):
The Online Help page described in Question 7 contains
information on searching candidates and entries in the QualysGuard Vulnerability
Knowledgebase. Here's an example:
If you are looking for a specific CGI vulnerability and you know that
the last 4 digits of the CVE ID are "0937", enter the following
search criteria: Find "CVE ID" within "CGI" containing
"0937"
Type-Specific Capability Questions
Tool Questions
17) Finding Tasks Using CVE Names <CR_A.2.1>
Give detailed examples and explanations of how a
user can locate tasks in the tool by looking for their associated CVE
name (required):
- Login to QualysGuard
- Select "Report"
- Select "Vulnerability KnowledgeBase" tab
- Vulnerabilities with associated CVE names are listed.
18) Finding CVE Names Using Elements
in Reports <CR_A.2.2>
Give detailed examples and explanations of how,
for reports that identify individual security elements, the tool allows
the user to determine the associated CVE names for the individual security
elements in the report (required):
- Login to QualysGuard
- Select "Report"
- Select "Scan Reports tab"
- Select "Technical Report"
- Vulnerabilities with associated CVE names are listed.
19) Getting a List of CVE Names Associated with Tasks <CR_A.2.4>
Give detailed examples and explanations of how a
user can obtain a listing of all of the CVE names that are associated
with the tool's tasks (recommended):
- Login to QualysGuard
- Select "Report"
- Select "Vulnerability KnowledgeBase" tab
- Sort by CVE ID.
21) Selecting Tasks
Using Individual CVE Names <CR_A.2.6>
Describe the steps that a user would follow to browse,
select, and deselect a set of tasks for the tool by using individual
CVE names (recommended):
- Login to QualysGuard
- Select "Preferences"
- Select "New Options"
- Scroll down
- Check "Perform Selective Vulnerability Scanning"
- Select "Configure"
- Search KnowledgeBase using CVE name.
- Select vulnerabilities to scan by placing checking CheckBox to the
left of the vulnerabilities listed
- Name your Option profile
- Select "Save"
- Select "Scan" from main page
- Select appropriate option profile from list
- Select IP or IP range you wish to scan
- Select "Start Scan"
22) Non-Support Notification for a
Requested CVE Name <CR_A.2.7>
Provide a description of how the tool notifies the
user that task associated to a selected CVE name cannot be performed
(recommended):
All scan errors are displayed within the application as a new webpage.
An "OK" button closes the error notification webpage when selected
by the user.
Service Questions
23) Service Coverage Determination
Using CVE Names <CR_A.3.1>
Give detailed examples and explanations of the different
ways that a user can use CVE names to find out which security elements
are tested or detected by the service (i.e. by asking, by providing
a list, by examining a coverage map, or by some other mechanism) (required):
- Login to QualysGuard
- Select "Report"
- Select "Vulnerability KnowledgeBase tab
At this point the user can search, sort, filter and find for CVE names
tested and detected by QualysGuard.
24) Finding CVE Names in Service Reports
Using Elements <CR_A.3.2>
Give detailed examples and explanations of how,
for reports that identify individual security elements, the user can
determine the associated CVE names for the individual security elements
in the report (required):
- Login to QualysGuard
- Select "Report"
- Select "Scan Reports tab"
- Select "Technical Report"
- Vulnerabilities with associated CVE names are listed.
Online Capability Questions
26) Finding Online Capability Tasks
Using CVE Names <CR_A.4.1>
Give detailed examples and explanations of how a
"find" or "search" function is available to the
user to locate tasks in the online capability by looking for their associated
CVE name or through an online mapping that links each element of the
capability with its associated CVE name(s) (required):
See answers to 17, 19, and 21
27) Online Capability Interface Template
Usage <CR_A.4.1.1>
Provide a detailed description of how someone can
use your "URL template" to interface to your capability's
search function (recommended):
Examples:
http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/db-search.cgi?cvename=CVE-YYYY-NNNN
http://www.example.com/cve/CVE-YYYY-NNNN.html
First, you must first be logged into the service. Then, you can use
the following url to access the search function using CVE ID (using
search_value parameter at the end of the url):
https://qualysguard.qualys.com/fo/report/index.php?
search_by=cveid&search_category=2&tab_selected=3&search_value=CVEYYYYNNNN
29) Finding CVE Names Using Online
Capability Elements <CR_A.4.2>
Give detailed examples and explanations of how,
for reports that identify individual security elements, the online capability
allows the user to determine the associated CVE names for the individual
security elements in the report (required):
- Login to QualysGuard
- Select "Report"
- Select "Scan Reports tab"
- Select "Technical Report"
- Vulnerabilities with associated CVE names are listed.
Media Questions
31) Electronic Document Format Info
<CR_B.3.1>
Provide details about the different electronic document
formats that you provide and describe how they can be searched for specific
CVE-related text (required):
QualysGuard provides the Vulnerability KnowledgeBase as a Web based
application (via HTML) with links to CVE information provided by cve.mitre.org.
The Vulnerability KnowledgeBase has search capabilities which can be
used to search by CVE ID and for specific vulnerability info.
Vulnerability reports can be generated in HTML or XML and contain the
CVE ID and associated link for each vulnerability reported, if applicable.
To Search Reports:
- For HTML report, use Browser search function
- For XML report, a CVE tag is used that can be parsed with any XML
parser.
32) Electronic Document Listing of
CVE Names <CR_B.3.2>
If one of the capability's standard electronic documents
only lists security elements by their short names or titles provide
example documents that demonstrate how the associated CVE names are
listed for each individual security element (required):
As the following screenshot demonstrates, vulnerabilities listed in
the QualysGuard Vulnerability KnowledgeBase have CVE names listed and
a link to the associated page on the cve.mitre.org website.
For Example: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-YYYY-NNNN

33) Electronic Document Element to CVE Name Mapping
<CR_B.3.3>
Provide example documents that demonstrate the mapping
from the capability's individual elements to the respective CVE name(s)
(recommended):
The following is an example report screenshot. Notice the CVE ID associated
with the detected vulnerability.

Graphical User Interface (GUI)
34) Finding Elements Using CVE Names
Through the GUI <CR_B.4.1>
Give detailed examples and explanations of how the
GUI provides a "find" or "search" function for the
user to identify your capability's elements by looking for their associated
CVE name(s) (required):
- Login to QualysGuard
- Select "Report"
- Select "Vulnerability KnowledgeBase tab
- Vulnerabilities with associated CVE names are listed and available
for find and search
35) GUI Element to CVE Name Mapping
<CR_B.4.2>
Briefly describe how the associated CVE names are
listed for the individual security elements or discuss how the user
can use the mapping between CVE entries and the capability's elements,
also describe the format of the mapping (required):
All vulnerabilities listed have the CVE ID listed on the right side of
the description. See screenshot in 32.
Questions for Signature
37) Statement of Compatibility <CR_2.7>
Have an authorized individual sign and date the
following Compatibility Statement (required):
"As an authorized representative of my organization I agree
that we will abide by all of the mandatory CVE Compatibility Requirements
as well as all of the additional mandatory CVE Compatibility Requirements
that are appropriate for our specific type of capability."
Name: Gerhard Eschelbeck
Title: CTO and VP Engineering
38) Statement of Accuracy <CR_3.4>
Have an authorized individual sign and date the
following accuracy Statement (recommended):
"As an authorized representative of my organization and to
the best of my knowledge, there are no errors in the mapping between
our capability's Repository and the CVE entries our capability identifies."
Name: Gerhard Eschelbeck
Title: CTO and VP Engineering
39) Statement on False-Positives and
False-Negatives <CR_A.2.8 and/or CR_A.3.5>
FOR TOOLS ONLY - Have an authorized individual sign
and date the following statement about your tools efficiency in identification
of security elements (required):
"As an authorized representative of my organization and to
the best of my knowledge, normally when our capability reports a specific
security element, it is generally correct and normally when an event
occurs that is related to a specific security element our capability
generally reports it."
Name: Gerhard Eschelbeck
Title: CTO and VP Engineering
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