Escalation of privilege

1. An attack on a system where the attacker is using some means to bypass security controls in order to attain a higher privilege level on the target system.

Source: Election Terminology Glossary - Draft, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), https://pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlossary/

2. An attack where the attacker is using some means to bypass security controls in order to attain a higher privilege level on the target system.

Source: Information Technology Terminology, U.S. Election Assistance Commission, https://www.eac.gov/documents/2017/09/21/information-technology-terminology-security