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A Privilege Escalation or PrivEsc vulnerability is a software flaw which allows an attacker, already operating on your computer, to increase the privileges allowed to him so as to gain full control.
An Escalation of Privilege (or EoP or PrivEsc) [[Glossary:Vulnerability|vulnerability]] is a software flaw which allows an attacker, already operating on your computer, to increase the privileges allowed to him so as to gain full control.

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An Escalation of Privilege (or EoP or PrivEsc) vulnerability is a software flaw which allows an attacker, already operating on your computer, to increase the privileges allowed to him so as to gain full control.