# privilege escalation

> process to gain control of computer privileges that are not allowed to a user or application by default

**Wikidata**: [Q1856893](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1856893)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privilege_escalation)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/privilege-escalation


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013