mobile code

nounid 3282·updated May 12, 2026

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Software programs or parts of programs obtained from remote information systems, transmitted across a network, and executed on a local information system without explicit installation or execution by the recipient. Note: Some examples of software technologies that provide the mechanisms for the production and use of mobile code include Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, VBScript, etc.

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Classifications

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Entity Type

Threat0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Regulated90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

—85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: ✔ 5 ADs referenced the term
plural: mobile codes
possessive: mobile code's
pluralpossessive: mobile codes'

Framework definitions

8 senses across 6 frameworks

NIST Cybersecurity Framework1 senseview framework →

§1: A program (e.g., script, macro, or other portable instruction) that can be shipped unchanged to a heterogeneous collection of platforms and executed with identical semantics.

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 23 sensesview framework →

§1: Software programs or parts of programs obtained from remote information systems, transmitted across a network, and executed on a local information system without explicit installation or execution by the recipient.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review: A program (e.g., script, macro, or other portable instruction) that can be shipped unchanged to a heterogeneous collection of platforms and executed with identical semantics.
§3 · sense_3_pending_review: Software programs or parts of programs obtained from remote information systems, transmitted across a network, and executed on a local information system without explicit installation or execution by the recipient. Note: Some examples of software technologies that provide the mechanisms for the production and use of mobile code include Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, VBScript, etc.

CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →

§1: Software programs or parts of programs obtained from remote information systems, transmitted across a network, and executed on a local information system without explicit installation or execution by the recipient. Note: Some examples of software technologies that provide the mechanisms for the production and use of mobile code include Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, VBScript, etc.

NIST SP 800-531 senseview framework →

§1: Software programs or parts of programs obtained from remote information systems, transmitted across a network, and executed on a local information system without explicit installation or execution by the recipient.

NIST SP 800-181 senseview framework →

§1: Software programs or parts of programs obtained from remote information systems, transmitted across a network, and executed on a local information system without explicit installation or execution by the recipient.

NIST SP 800-281 senseview framework →

§1: A program (e.g., script, macro, or other portable instruction) that can be shipped unchanged to a heterogeneous collection of platforms and executed with identical semantics.

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