Practice Types Of Privilege Escalation (4.2.1) - Authentication, Authorization, and Privilege Management
Students

Academic Programs

AI-powered learning for grades 8-12, aligned with major curricula

Engineering Courses
Professional

Professional Courses

Industry-relevant training in Business, Technology, and Design

Certifications
Games

Interactive Games

Fun games to boost memory, math, typing, and English skills

Types of Privilege Escalation

Practice - Types of Privilege Escalation

Learning

Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions

Question 1 Easy

What is privilege escalation?

💡 Hint: Think about unauthorized access.

Question 2 Easy

What is vertical privilege escalation?

💡 Hint: Higher privileges than your current level.

4 more questions available

Interactive Quizzes

Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning

Question 1

What is horizontal privilege escalation?

A) Elevating privileges to an admin level
B) Accessing another user's account at the same level
C) Gaining higher access than allowed

💡 Hint: Same level, different user.

Question 2

True or False: Vertical privilege escalation is generally less severe than horizontal privilege escalation.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about the consequences.

1 more question available

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with advanced challenges

Challenge 1 Hard

A company suffers a data breach after an employee's account is compromised. Investigate potential points where both horizontal and vertical privilege escalations could occur during this incident.

💡 Hint: Think about levels and access logs.

Challenge 2 Hard

Propose a multi-layered defense strategy to prevent privilege escalation in a cloud-based application.

💡 Hint: What are the best practices?

Get performance evaluation

Reference links

Supplementary resources to enhance your learning experience.