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An exploit (from the English verb to exploit, meaning "to use something to one’s own advantage") is a piece of software, a chunk of data, or a sequence of commands that takes advantage of a bug or vulnerability to cause unintended or unanticipated behavior to occur on computer software, hardware, or something electronic (usually computerized). Such behavior frequently includes things like gaining control of a computer system, allowing privilege escalation, or a denial-of-service (DoS or related DDoS) attack. … A remote exploit works over a network and exploits the security vulnerability without any prior access to the vulnerable system. … (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploit_(computer_security)#Types)

one more type of Network Attacks:" Sniffer Attack. A. Remote exploit Many exploits are designed to provide superuser-level access to a computer system. However, it is also possible to use several exploits, first to gain low-level access, then to escalate privileges repeatedly until one reaches the highest administrative level (often called "root"). After an exploit is made known to the authors of the affected software, the vulnerability is often fixed through a patch and the exploit becomes unusable

Common Types of Network Attacks Eavesdropping. ... Data Modification. ... Identity Spoofing (IP Address Spoofing) ... Password-Based Attacks. ... Denial-of-Service Attack. ... Man-in-the-Middle Attack. ... Compromised-Key Attack. ...