FedRAMP VDR/VER · Internet-reachability method

Payload Path Explorer

A scenario is a set of findings living on real components. Place findings, pick one to evaluate, and the diagram shows where its trigger can — and can’t — arrive. A finding is internet-reachable if any of three branches fires: a direct network path, a confirmed second-hand trigger, or a chain off another reachable finding sharing its host.

1 The findings

Each component can hold one finding. Click a box to add or select one; the gold-ringed box is the one being evaluated now.

2 The environment

Standing controls on the paths between components. Each one can cut a route the payload would otherwise take.

3 Other findings on this host

The chain branch looks at the other active findings sharing the evaluated finding’s host boundary — automatically. This readout is derived, not entered.

Each candidate must be directly reachable on its own before it can serve as an entry point, and its confidence is derived from its facts by a governed, versioned triage rule — not proof of RCE. Full CIA impact alone is possible-only; automatic promotion requires execution evidence, a strict execution CWE, or full impact corroborated by a qualifying conditional CWE. Only a high-confidence candidate auto-promotes, and the downstream CVSS vector never changes. memo: E₀ over ℱ(B(a))

Read-only view. Boxes with a finding show a chip; the gold-ringed box is the one being evaluated. Green edges carry the payload, red marks where it’s cut, and the purple hop is a chained-execution promotion off another finding.

payload reaches chained execution blocked here unreviewed path doesn’t apply
Active in this scenario
Verdict — updates live internal status Reported to FedRAMP
Symbols (memo): J(v) second-hand trigger status  ·  C₀ component receives internet content  ·  P₀ tested defense blocks the payload class  ·  E₀ entry-point confidence  ·  G₀ chained-access promotion  ·  D direct network branch  ·  ℱ(B(a)) findings in the host boundary
Show the math (Equation 4, the recommended operational classifier)

Each bracket is a yes-or-no indicator (1 or 0); the whole thing is an OR — any “1” makes the finding IRV. The downstream CVSS vector never changes; G₀ only records that a co-resident, directly reachable entry point promoted this finding, and only a high-confidence entry point (E₀=high) sets it.