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AFAIK a 0-day exploit is an exploit that was found in the wild. No one previously knew about it and there's a scramble to fix it.

In a week this exploit will be an "old 0-day exploit" because the "0-day" bit describes developer preparedness at discovery, not how long the exploit has been known.



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