Privileged containers are defined as any container where the container uid 0 is mapped to the host’s uid 0. A process within privileged containers can get unrestricted host access. With 'securityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation' enabled a process can gain privileges from its parent.
To disallow privileged containers and the escalation of privileges it is recommended to run pod containers with 'securityContext.priveleged' as 'false' and 'allowPrivilegeEscalation' as 'false'.