Qualys metadata values for vulnerabilities

When the kernel metadata, service metadata, and configuration metadata are imported, some values are also retrieved. The values 0, 1 and Not available are processed in the back-end and converted to No, Yes and Empty respectively.

These values are populated in the following columns in the Vulnerability Item Detections and Vulnerability Items list:

• Affects running service column
• Affects exploitable config column
• Affects running kernel columns

Note:

• These columns are not visible by default. For more information on how to configure the form layout, see Configure the form layout
• For older detections, the values for these columns may be empty. To update the data, run a back dated Qualys Host Detection Integration. For more information on how to set the start date, see Optional Qualys modifications.

The following table shows the retrieved values and their significance.