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Exploit

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000410

A piece of software, data, or a sequence of commands that takes advantage of a bug or vulnerability in a computer system or application to cause unintended or unanticipated behavior. This often leads to unauthorized access, privilege escalation, or denial of service. Exploits are categorized by the type of vulnerability they target, such as buffer overflows or SQL injection.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000410
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectTechnical
Record as JSON 
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  "subject": "Technical",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/exploit/"
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Record 449 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.