You are a super 1337 hacker who just discovered a vulnerability in an operating system. You do some research and find nothing online regarding this exploit and believe you are the first to find it. What option would be the correct classification of this vulnerability?
OBJ-1.6: A zero-day attack happens once that flaw, or software/hardware vulnerability, is exploited, and attackers release malware before a developer has an opportunity to create a patch to fix the vulnerability, hence the term zero-day.
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