I have a command prompt. Now I can attempt to spawn processes through application vulnerabilities (like the one that gave a user run as system rights back a few Norton Antivirus revisions ago), and get admin rights. Now, when I disconnect, O will have to do this all over again to regain root...but I'm not done yet.
Ah, that's the jump I couldn't make in my mind. I didn't know how to get from the limited, read only access to actually having access to manipulate files on the system. Thank you.