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Privilege escalation

Privilege escalation is the act of exploiting a bug, a design flaw, or a configuration oversight in an operating system or software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user. The result is that an application or user with more privileges than intended by the application developer or system…

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Privilege escalation

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related to Examples · 33
Privilege escalation → All Users, Alternatively, An, Another, ARM-based TI-Nspire, Because, Command, Cross Zone Scripting, In, Linux, Local System, Microsoft Windows, Ndless, ProcessHacker2, Registry, Shell Injection, Some, Some Windows, System Informer, Texas Instruments
related to Mitigation strategies · 11
Privilege escalation → Administrator SID, Data Execution PreventionAddress, Internet Explorer, MAC, Mandatory Access Controls, Operating, PatchingUse, Requiring, Running, SELinuxKernel Data Relocation Mechanism, Use
related to background · 5
Privilege escalation → Common, It, Most, Privilege, These
related to Horizontal · 4
Privilege escalation → Compared, Horizontal, It, The
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Privilege escalation → act of exploiting a bug
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Privilege escalationis aact of exploiting a bug0.90text
virusesinstance ofor install unwanted programs0.80text
a buffer overflow may be used to execute arbitrary code with privilege elevated to Local Systeminstance ofA vulnerability0.80text
Privilege escalationrelated to backgroundMost0.60section
Privilege escalationrelated to backgroundCommon0.60section
Privilege escalationrelated to backgroundPrivilege0.60section
Privilege escalationrelated to backgroundThese0.60section
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Privilege escalationrelated to ExamplesIn0.60section
Privilege escalationrelated to ExamplesThen0.60section
Privilege escalationrelated to ExamplesSome Windows0.60section
Privilege escalationrelated to ExamplesLocal System0.60section

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