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mobile code

nounid 3282·updated Aug 28, 2026
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Software programs or parts of programs obtained from remote systems, transmitted across a network, and executed on a local system without explicit installation or execution by the recipient.

polysemousMWE

Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems7 citations · 7 defined by this document · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.03.05.c ¶ 103.13.1303.13.13.a03.13.13.b03.13.13.b ¶ 103.13.13.b ¶ 13.2.2 ¶ 95

Classifications

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

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

Framework definitions

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.
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
Software programs or parts of programs obtained from remote systems, transmitted across a network, and executed on a local system without explicit installation or execution by the recipient.
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
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.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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