Performs privilege escalation
by Nur Asilah
1. Privilege escalation.
1.1. One of the tactics that hackers use to gain unauthorized access to a network is known as privilege escalation.
1.2. There are two common types of privilege escalation — horizontal and vertical.
1.2.1. privilege escalation — HORIZNTAL >Occurs when a malicious user attempts to access resources and functions that belong to peer users, who have similar access permissions.
1.2.2. privilege escalation — VERTICAL >Occurs when a malicious user attempts to access resources and functions that belong to a user with higher privileges, such as application or site administrators.