Privilege Escalation

Refers to the process in which an attacker gains rights or privileges in a system, the action of going from a lower permission account to a higher permission one, such as administrative or root-level access.

Privilege escalation can involve:

• Leveraging misconfigurations

• Exploiting vulnerabilities in software or operating systems

• Abusing access controls and trust relationships

And could provoke:

• Access to Sensitive Data

• Disruption of Services

• Further activities like lateral movement, persistence, or data exfiltration

• Complete System Compromise