privilege elevation mechanism
C9701
concept
A privilege elevation mechanism is a controlled process or component that temporarily grants higher access rights to a user, process, or service to perform specific authorized actions beyond its normal permissions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| least-privilege administration technology | 1 |
| privilege elevation mechanism canonical | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: privilege elevation mechanism
Generated description
A privilege elevation mechanism is a controlled process or component that temporarily grants higher access rights to a user, process, or service to perform specific authorized actions beyond its normal permissions.
Instances (2)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
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Just Enough Administration (JEA)
surface form:
Just Enough Administration
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least-privilege administration technology |
| User Account Control | — |