What kind of malicious activity is performed by a lower-privileged user who accesses functions reserved for higher-privileged users?
- horizontal privilege escalation
- steganography
- bind shell
- vertical privilege escalation
Explanation: Privilege escalation is gaining access to resources that normally would be protected from an application or a user. With vertical privilege escalation, lower-privileged users access functions reserved for higher-privileged users, such as root or administrator access.
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