privilege escalation

noun

Definitions

  1. The use of an exploit to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected…

    The use of an exploit to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for privilege escalation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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