malicious applet
nounid
3201·updated May 9, 2026verified
A small application program that is automatically downloaded and executed and that performs an unauthorized function on an information system.
MWE
Attested in
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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.
- §1
- Small application programs that are automatically downloaded and executed and that perform an unauthorized function on an information system.
- §1
- Small application programs that are automatically downloaded and executed and that perform an unauthorized function on an information system.
- §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
- →malicious codenoun
Incoming relationships
No incoming triples
No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.