CompTIA CySA+ CS0-003 Practice Question

The presence of a publicly available exploit makes a significant difference in determining if a vulnerability can be weaponized. Even if a vulnerability has a high likelihood of being exploited, without a publicly available exploit, it might require significant effort and expertise to weaponize. This factor greatly affects the ease and speed at which an attacker can leverage the vulnerability._

Other Factors:

• 'Severity of vulnerability' is important, but just because a vulnerability is severe does not mean it can be easily weaponized without an exploit.
• 'Ease of detection by monitoring tools' and 'Frequency of network scans' are more relevant to detection and prevention rather than the ability to weaponize a vulnerability.