Vulnerability applicability module

A method for providing a vulnerability applicability module for an Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:

• including a context detector, a context detection output interpreter module and/or an executable in a catalog of known vulnerabilities;
• detecting, by a remote access controller of the IHS that provides remote management of the IHS, publication of the catalog of known vulnerabilities;
• and
• executing, by the remote access controller, the context detector, context detection output interpreter module and/or executable in the catalog of known vulnerabilities, which causes the remote access controller to:
• identify configurations for one or more of the plurality of hardware components of the IHS;
• determine whether any of the one or more of the hardware component configurations are identified as vulnerable in the catalog of known vulnerabilities;
• and
• generate a comprehensive applicability determination module, which upon execution by the IHS, determines configuration vulnerabilities in the catalog of known vulnerabilities that are present on the IHS for remediation.

A remote access controller supporting remote management of an Information Handling System (IHS), the remote access controller comprising a memory device having instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a logic unit, cause the remote access controller to:

• detect publication of a catalog of known vulnerabilities;
• and
• execute a context detector, a context detection output interpreter module and/or an executable included in the catalog of known vulnerabilities, which causes the remote controller to:
• identify configurations for one or more of the plurality of hardware components of the IHS;
• determine whether any of the one or more of the hardware component configurations are identified as vulnerable in the catalog of known vulnerabilities;
• and
• generate comprehensive applicability determination module which upon execution by the IHS determines configuration vulnerabilities in the catalog of known vulnerabilities that are present on the IHS for remediation.