A county tester gains a low-privilege shell and wants to reach a different subnet. Why is pivoting the wrong label for simply becoming local Administrator on that same host?
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Short Explanation
Picture getting a better badge for the room you are already in versus getting keys to other buildings. Priv-esc is the better badge on this host; pivoting is moving toward other hosts or networks. Mixing those up makes the report sound like you wandered the campus when you only unlocked one office.
Full Explanation
Privilege escalation increases privileges on a system already under control. Pivoting (and related tunneling or forwarding) extends network reach to other hosts or segments. They often appear in sequence during an engagement, but they answer different problems: rights versus reachability. Clear terminology keeps findings, evidence, and remediation advice accurate.