Making Vulnerability Proof-of-Concepts Trustworthy and Usable: From Empirical Diagnosis to Operational Validation
Vulnerability Proof-of-Concepts (PoCs) are the executable evidence that a disclosed vulnerability is real and reachable, the artifact defenders use to suppress false positives, verify patches, delimit affected versions, and judge exploitability. Their value hinges not on whether a PoC exists but on whether it is usable...