Vulnerability in Sqliteodbc Project
CVE-2020-12050
SQLiteODBC 0.9996, as packaged for certain Linux distributions as 0.9996-4, has a race condition leading to root privilege escalation because any user can replace a /tmp/sqliteodbc$$ file with new contents that cause loading of an arbitrary library.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
EPSS: 0.003 (23.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Sqliteodbc_project Sqliteodbc — versions 0.9996
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 30, 31, 32
- Opensuse Backports_sle — versions 15.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-12050?
- CVE-2020-12050 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sqliteodbc Project, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2020-04-30.
- How severe is CVE-2020-12050?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-12050 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.