Introduction : Common Metasploit Terminology : Exploit

Exploit

An exploit is a program that takes advantage of a specific vulnerability and provides an attacker with access to the target system. An exploit typically carries a payload and delivers the payload to the target system. For example, one of the most common exploits is windows/smb/s08-067_netapi, which targets a Windows Server Service vulnerability that could allow remote code execution. You can run this exploit against a machine that has the ms0-067 vulnerability to remotely take control of the system.