Network Testing Service for Vulnerability Reproduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current security testing tools face challenges in efficiently sharing and reproducing vulnerability information, particularly due to the lack of standardized reporting and the difficulty in reproducing the sequence of events leading to vulnerabilities, which hinders effective mitigation and regression testing.
Innovation Solution
A network-based testing service that tags and publishes executable test cases, allowing users to reproduce the sequence of events causing vulnerabilities, thereby facilitating efficient sharing and categorization of vulnerability information and ensuring that critical test cases are propagated to relevant stakeholders in real-time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If vulnerability information is shared through traditional methods, then information can be communicated, but the sequence of events cannot be reproduced and standardized reporting is lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates executable copies of the original sequence of events that caused vulnerabilities. These copies are packaged as reproducible test cases that can be executed to recreate the exact vulnerability conditions, allowing reliable reproduction without manually re-executing the original complex sequence.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms vulnerability information from static text descriptions into dynamic executable parameters. By converting the sequence of events into executable code with defined parameters, the system enables automated reproduction while maintaining standardization through consistent parameter structures.
2Productivity
If manual vulnerability reporting is used, then flexibility in reporting is maintained, but efficiency and real-time propagation are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automated self-service propagation of vulnerability information. Executable test cases automatically publish and distribute themselves through the network without manual intervention, achieving real-time propagation while maintaining the flexibility of detailed vulnerability descriptions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements automated feedback loops where vulnerability detection, packaging, and propagation occur in continuous cycles. The system automatically receives vulnerability information, converts it to executable format, publishes it, and tracks its propagation, creating an efficient automated workflow that reduces time loss.
3Ease of operation
If detailed vulnerability information is provided, then complete understanding is achieved, but ease of operation and quick reproduction are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments vulnerability information into structured components within executable test cases. The sequence of events is divided into discrete, parameterized steps that are both complete in detail and easy to execute, allowing operators to reproduce vulnerabilities through simple case execution rather than manual reconstruction.
Solution Approach 2:
The executable test case acts as an intermediary between detailed vulnerability information and ease of reproduction. It encapsulates complete vulnerability details while presenting a simple executable interface, mediating between the need for comprehensive information and the desire for operational simplicity.
Data Source
AI summary
A network-based testing method and service integrated with a tool that publishes one or more tagged test cases with tags being executable to reproduce a sequence of events for a system under test, SUT, caused by an original test case. The method is performed in a network and is intended for testing software or hardware by first creating an original test case for a system under test, SUT, and performing a sequence of events for the original test case for testing it. The tested case is stored and information of the performed sequence of events is tagged to the tested case. The tagged test case is then sent to a service that publishes tagged test cases. The service publishes the tagged case in a way to be reproduced via the service.