exploitability
Ease of compromise
Exploitability is how readily something can be exploited—taken advantage of for gain or attacked through weakness.
In cybersecurity, exploitability measures how easily a vulnerability can be used by attackers: The bug's high exploitability rating prompted an emergency patch.
The term appears in risk assessments across domains, from software flaws to market inefficiencies to legal loopholes.
Imperfection in something
- bugCrawling creature or defect
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- zero-dayUnpatched security vulnerability
- defectInherent imperfection or fault
loophole · backdoor · overflow · injection · glitch · crack · hole · gap
Indication of potential harm
- breachBreaking of agreement
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- attackAggressive act against another
- intrusionUnauthorized entry into space
penetration · hacking · cybercrime · severity · impact · likelihood · scoring · assessment
Material covering damage
- fixRepair or solution
- updateNew version or information
- remediationAct of correcting faults
- hotfixEmergency software repair
workaround · mitigation · hardening · firewall · encryption · authentication · antivirus · sandboxing
Borrowed capital for amplified returns
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- misuseImproper application
- gamingInteractive electronic entertainment
- circumventionAct of going around
bypass · subversion · weaponization · chaining · escalation · pivot · persistence · evasion
flaw
Imperfection in something
defect · loophole · backdoor · overflow · injection · glitch · crack · hole · gap · exposure
threat
Indication of potential harm
- breachBreaking of agreement
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- attackAggressive act against another
intrusion · penetration · hacking · cybercrime · severity · impact · likelihood · scoring · assessment · rating
patch
Material covering damage
- fixRepair or solution
- updateNew version or information
- remediationAct of correcting faults
hotfix · workaround · mitigation · hardening · firewall · encryption · authentication · antivirus · sandboxing · segmentation
leverage
Borrowed capital for amplified returns
circumvention · bypass · subversion · weaponization · chaining · escalation · pivot · persistence · evasion · obfuscation
exploitabilityrobustness
Resistance to failure
invulnerability · security · impregnability · imperviousness · resistance
exploitabilityprotection
Guarding against harm
hardening · defensiveness · safeguarding · shielding · fail-safe
exploit, exploitable, exploited, exploiter, exploiters, exploiting, exploits, exploitation, exploitative