May 15, 2003

exploit

n.

[originally cracker slang]

1. A vulnerability in software that can be used for breaking security or otherwise attacking an Internet host over the network. The Ping O' Death is a famous exploit.

2. More grammatically, a program that exploits an exploit in sense 1.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:49 AM

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