CAPEC-234: Hijacking a privileged process
ID
CAPEC-234
Typical Severity
Medium
Status
Draft
An adversary gains control of a process that is assigned elevated privileges in order to execute arbitrary code with those privileges. Some processes are assigned elevated privileges on an operating system, usually through association with a particular user, group, or role. If an attacker can hijack this process, they will be able to assume its level of privilege in order to execute their own code.