On a compromised computer, you have found that a user without administrative privileges was able to perform a task limited to only administrative accounts. What type of exploit has occurred?

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Frankie Finley

4 September, 08:15

On a compromised computer, you have found that a user without administrative privileges was able to perform a task limited to only administrative accounts. What type of exploit has occurred?

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Albert Bauer · Answer 1

Privilege escalation

Explanation:

Privilege escalation in simple words, means getting privileges to access something that should not be accessible and sometimes it due to the act of exploiting a bug, design flaw or configuration oversight in an operating system or software application but in this case it is due to the compromise computer.

Scarlett Gould · Answer 2

Privilege Escalation

Explanation:

Privilege Escalation consists of techniques used to gain higher-level privileges on a system or network. Such a user requires administrative permissions to fulfill their objectives, and hence they take advantage of a system's vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. The user can exploit software through a programming error, and they gain unauthorized higher-level access.