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Privilege escalation

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Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker is able to exploit a system to gain higher level privileges than already-obtained access.

Examples:

  • Escalation from user to administrator or root user of the operating system
  • Escalation from forum user to forum administrator
  • Code execution outside of the bounds of the users expected privileges
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