# 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 becaus

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-04-30 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- https://sysdream.com/news/lab/
- http://www.ch-werner.de/sqliteodbc/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PR6B33IGBADGYDBTEEU36OGERER2HOGQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WXPHBDVB3LAQUQJCZ4WIS3JWM7JFR56X/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1825762
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PDS5RK7F47BRXHUYRWGMGLYU2GJEVZQA/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00026.html
- https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2020-05-25-cve-2020-12050-fedora-red-hat-centos-local-privilege-escalation-through-a-race-condition-in-the-sqliteodbc-installer-script/

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