This entails moving from a low-level of privileged access to a higher amount of privileged access. Vertical privilege escalation, also known as a privilege elevation attack, involves an increase of privileges/privileged access beyond what a user, application, or other asset already has.With each new horizontal account compromised, an attacker broadens their sphere of access with similar privileges. This action is referred to as “account takeover.” Typically, this would involve lower-level accounts (i.e., standard user), which may lack proper protection. Horizontal privilege escalation involves gaining access to the rights of another account-human or machine-with similar privileges.Often confused with each other, these terms are defined as follows: Privilege escalation attacks are separated into two broad categories-horizontal privilege escalation and vertical privilege escalation. Vertical vs Horizontal Privilege Escalation
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