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exploit

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈɛksplɔɪt

Definitions

  1. A heroic or extraordinary deed.
  2. An achievement.
  3. A program or technique that takes advantage of a vulnerability in other software.
  4. An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.

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Examples

“Hieronimo, it greatly pleaſeth vs, / That in our victorie thou haue a ſhare, / By vertue of thy vvorthy Sonnes exployt.”
The first trek to the summit of Mount Everest was a stunning exploit.”
One of the more publicized cases that involved a zero-day exploit concerned the compromise of some U.S. military web servers. The attack involved exploiting a buffer overflow vulnerability in a core Windows component; […]”
For example, you can create PE files that are valid PDF exploits or valid ZIP files, valid JPG files, and so on.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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