Rather, it refers to the «nuclear football», which is a series of launch codes used to authorize a nuclear strike. (politics.stackexchange.com)
It could have enabled a remote attacker to launch code with a specially crafted file. (androidauthority.com)
Director: Brad Bird Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Lea Seydoux, Vladmir Mashkov, Josh Holloway Plot: Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is extracted from a Russian prison to take out a man known only as Cobalt (Nyqvist), who is intent on stealing nuclear launch codes from the Kremlin. (oracleoffilm.com)