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
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (21.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sqliteodbc Project — versions 0.9996
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 30, 31, 32
- openSUSE Backports Sle — versions 15.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- sysdream.com/news/lab/ (Third Party Advisory)
- www.ch-werner.de/sqliteodbc/ (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00013.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00026.html (vendor-advisory)
- sysdream.com/news/lab/2020-05-25-cve-2020-12050-fedora-red-hat-centos-local-pri…
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.