CVE CVSS Number of Posts Number of Forums CVE-2020-1472 10 38 7 CVE-2020-0796 10 52 11 CVE-2019-19781 9.8 49 10 CVE-2019-0708 9.8 38 9 CVE-2017-11882 7.8 36 12 CVE-2017-0199 7.8 13 10 CVE POPULARITY BY FREQUENCY IN FORUMS SUMMARY OF OUR ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS ORGANIZED BY YEAR Another way to check CVEs popularity is to examine the number of forums where each CVE as mentioned. During our research, e disco ered an interesting åfnding: the CVE-2017-11882, a Microsoft Oãfce Memor Corruption Vulnerabilit (CVSS:7.8) 6 , as mentioned in 12 out of 15 diâferent forums in multiple languages. This is the highest number of forums compared to the other CVEs examined. However, the CVE-2017-11882 recei ed 36 posts, placing it onl in the åffth place (see list abo e), after CVE-2019-0708 (aka BlueKeep, CVSS:9.8) 7 and CVE-2020-1472 (aka Zerologon, CVSS:10) 8 that recei ed 38 posts each. Belo is a list of the “top åf e CVEs” b number of forums: As you can see in the list above, the CVE-2020-0796 and CVE-2019-19781 were mentioned in 11 and 10 diâferent forums, accordingl , placing them in the second and third places in the list. The CVE-2019-0708 as mentioned in nine diâferent forums, placing it in the åffth place after another CVE disclosed in 2017 - CVE-2017- 0199 (CVSS:7.8) 9 , a æfa in Microsoft Oãfce that as also mentioned in 10 forums. This CVE-2017-0199 received only 13 posts and therefore, it is not among the “Top åf e CVEs” b number of posts. As for the “Zerologon” æfa , CVE-2020-1472, it was mentioned onl in se en diâferent forums, and therefore, it is not among the “Top åf e CVEs” b number of forums. CVE-2017-11882 (12 out of 15 forums) CVE-2020-0796 (11 out of 15 forums) CVE-2019-19781 (10 out of 15 forums) CVE-2017-0199 (10 out of 15 forums) CVE-2019-0708 (9 out of 15 forums) https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11882 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0708 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1472 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0199 6. 7. 8. 9. 5 Vulnerability Threat Intelligence Report