Feat, exploit, achievement mean a remarkable deed Feat implies strength or dexterity or daring Exploit suggests an adventurous or heroic act An exploit is a method or piece of code that takes advantage of vulnerabilities in software, applications, networks, operating systems, or hardware, typically for malicious purposes The term exploit derives from the english verb to exploit, meaning to use something to one’s own advantage. If you refer to someone's exploits, you mean the brave, interesting, or amusing things that they have done
His exploits were later made into a film. We need to exploit [= take advantage of] this opportunity/situation They were accused of exploiting [= taking advantage of] migrant workers She said the tragedy had been exploited by the media. To employ to the greatest possible advantage To make use of selfishly or unethically
[middle english, from old french esploit, from latin explicitum, neuter past participle of explicāre, to unfold For exploits to be effective, many vulnerabilities require an attacker to initiate a series of suspicious operations to set up an exploit Typically, a majority of the vulnerabilities are result of a software or system architecture bug. An exploit is a deliberate method—often a script, payload, or command sequence—used to take advantage of a vulnerability in software, hardware, or system configurations Exploits allow attackers to gain unauthorized access, escalate privileges, steal data, or disrupt operations. For example, you can create pe files that are valid pdf exploits or valid zip files, valid jpg files, and so on
(by extension, internet, video games) an action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.
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