Exploit Glossary
Browse 4 exploit terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
4 Exploit Terms
- Buffer Overflow
- Buffer Overflow is a vulnerability that occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to...
- Payload
- The component of malware or an exploit that performs the actual malicious action — data exfiltration, encryption, backdoor installation — as opposed to the...
- Reverse Shell
- Reverse Shell is a type of remote access connection where the target computer initiates an outbound connection back to the attacker's machine, providing the...
- Zero-Day
- Zero-Day (also written as 0-day) is a software vulnerability that is unknown to the vendor or developer and has no available patch, giving defenders zero days...
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