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type: "term"
title: "Rootkit"
description: "Malware designed to provide continued privileged access to a system while actively hiding its presence."
resource: "tlctc:term:rootkit"
tags:
  - "glossary"
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# Rootkit

Malware designed to provide continued privileged access to a system while actively hiding its presence. In TLCTC: maps to `#7 Malware` — the rootkit is foreign executable content running via the system's designed execution capability. The persistence and stealth mechanisms are operational details within the `#7` cluster.

**Reference:** V1.9.1 Buzz-Word Refinement (#7)

See also: Malware (#7), Spyware

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