Which action is an attacker taking when they attempt to gain root access on the victims system?
A. privilege escalation
B. command injections
C. root kit
D. command and control
Which action is an attacker taking when they attempt to gain root access on the victims system?
Pivoting is also known as island hopping means to attack other systems on same network. The idea is to identify a system with higher level of access rights such as administrator. This is also known as a form of privilege escalation. – CyberOps Cert Guide page 536. Answer is definitely (A).