Vulnerabilities in Major Operating Systems
Omar Hussain Alhazmi, Yashwant K. Malaiya, Indrajit Ray · 2004
Operating systems are complex pieces of software. The usage environment puts challenges on systems causing them to uncover previously unknown defects. Some of these defects are concerned with the security requirements they are referred to as vulnerabilities. In this work, we attempt to study some reported data and try to identify some repeatable patterns. This is currently an initial work to put bases for further work in this area. Our ultimate goal is to try to model vulnerability growth and provide an estimation formula that will help us determine the present and the future.