exploit

   [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.

[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {crack}{Ping O' Death}{script kiddies}]