Privilege Escalation

The process of gaining elevated access or permissions on a system or network.

It is commonly performed by attackers or penetration testers after gaining initial access to a target, enabling them to execute actions or access resources that require higher privileges.

Resources

Checklists for privilege escalation for Windows and Linux can be found at:

• https://hacktricks.wiki/en/index.html
• https://github.com/swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings