privileged utility program

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

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Specialized system software used to perform a particular function or system maintenance that requires the ability to bypass, modify, or disable the technical or operational system security controls.

MWEFFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 2017

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

System85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Sensitivity

Restricted80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: utility program that might be capable of overriding system and application controls
plural: privileged utility programs
possessive: privileged utility program's
pluralpossessive: privileged utility programs'

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