home/glossary/malicious applet

malicious applet

nounid 3201·updated May 9, 2026
verified

A small application program that is automatically downloaded and executed and that performs an unauthorized function on an information system.

MWE

Attested in

No recorded attestations. They are written when an MWE tagging stage is completed, stamped with the pack version and the document’s digest.

Classifications

Entity Type

Threat85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

alternatephrasing
Malicious Applets
plural
malicious appletsMalicious Appletses
possessive
malicious applet'sMalicious Applets's
pluralpossessive
malicious applets'Malicious Appletses'

Framework definitions

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
§1
A small application program that is automatically downloaded and executed and that performs an unauthorized function on an information system.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
Small application programs that are automatically downloaded and executed and that perform an unauthorized function on an information system.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
Small application programs that are automatically downloaded and executed and that perform an unauthorized function on an information system.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
A small application program that is automatically downloaded and executed and that performs an unauthorized function on an information system.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

Outgoing relationships

related

Incoming relationships

No incoming triples
No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.