sploit

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noun

exploit (program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software)

Scrabble 8

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nounsploit (plural sploits)

plural sploits

  1. informalcomputingexploit (program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software)

    In other words, some script-kiddie blindly launching a “sploit” to a range of addresses does not exactly embody the essence of this category.

    2007, Thomas W. Shinder, Thorsten Behrens, The Best Damn Firewall Book Period
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    Other exploit creators were less careful, turning out garbage sploits that sometimes wouldn't work at all or would even crash a target service most of the time.

    2006, Ed Skoudis, Tom Liston, Counter hack reloaded

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