Glossary

The glossary below contains many of the terms you will find in common use throughout the Symantec Security Response website. Please refer to this list to find definitions of terms and answers to other Internet security-related questions.
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impact details

Impact (details rather than rating) describes what the successful use of the exploit may allow an attacker to do; for example, privilege escalation, access to protected objects, or code execution.