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A ____________ would be a misconfiguration of a system that allows the hacker to gain unauthorized access, whereas a______________ is a combination of the likelihood that such a misconfiguration could happen, a hacker’s exploitation of it, and the impact if the event occurred. vulnerability, risk risk, vulnerability threat, risk risk, threat

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Vulnerability, Risk

Step-by-step explanation:

Vulnerability is a cyber security term it means that the system is open and prone to attack. Vulnerabilities are exploited by attackers to get unauthorised access to to a computer system. To attack vulnerability an attacker must have technique and tools that can connect to the vulnerability.

A risk is anything that can affect integrity, confidentiality or availability of data, unpatched operating system and misconfigured softwares are computer risks.

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