A security analyst was provided with a detailed penetration report, which was performed against the organization's DMZ environment. It was noted on the report that a finding has a CVSS base score of 10.0. Which of the following levels of difficulty would be required to exploit this vulnerability?
A) Very difficult; perimeter systems are usually behind a firewall.
B) Somewhat difficult; would require significant processing power to exploit.
C) Trivial; little effort is required to exploit this finding.
D) Impossible; external hosts are hardened to protect against attacks.

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A CVSS base score of 10.0 indicates a critical vulnerability that is typically easy to exploit, requiring little effort.

A Security Analyst Was Provided with a Detailed Penetration Report