What is privilege escalation?
- Someone is given rights because she or he has received a promotion.
- Vulnerabilities in systems are exploited to grant higher levels of privilege than someone or some process should have.
- A security problem occurs when high-ranking corporate officials demand rights to systems or files that they should not have.
- Everyone is given full rights by default to everything and rights are taken away only when someone abuses privileges.
Explanation: With privilege escalation, vulnerabilities are exploited to grant higher levels of privilege. After the privilege is granted, the threat actor can access sensitive information or take control of the system.
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