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Zero-day-exploit

nounid 4705·updated May 12, 2026
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A vulnerability that is exploited before the software creator/vendor is even aware of it's existence

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Classifications

Entity Type

Vulnerability0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Restricted75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Zero-day-exploits
possessive
Zero-day-exploit's
pluralpossessive
Zero-day-exploits'

Framework definitions

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
A vulnerability that is exploited before the software creator/vendor is even aware of it's existence
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
A vulnerability that is exploited before the software creator/vendor is even aware of it's existence
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