How do privilege escalation vulnerabilities pose risks to system security by allowing unauthorized users to gain elevated privileges and bypass access controls, and what mitigation strategies can be employed to prevent or detect such exploits, such as least privilege principles and privilege separation? 

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Privilege escalation vulnerabilities pose significant risks to system security by allowing unauthorized users to gain elevated privileges and bypass access controls thereby granting them access to sen... View the full answer