security hole

For other uses of the word "Vulnerability", please refer to vulnerability. In computer security, the word vulnerability refers to a weakness in a system allowing an attacker to violate the confidentiality, integrity, availability [i.e (C.I.A) NSTISSC's triangle], access control, consistency or audit mechanisms of the system or the data and applications it hosts. Vulnerabilities may result from bugs or design flaws in the system. A vulnerability can exist either only in theory, or could have a known exploit. Vulnerabilities are of significant interest when the program containing the vulnerability operates with special privileges, performs authentication or provides easy access to user data or facilities (such as a network server or RDBMS).
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