Name: CVE-2020-12050: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-12050, CWE-362, CVSS 7, EPSS 0.00089

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	No solution exists	May 15, 2025	Apr 30, 2020
Suse	—	Upgrade sqliteodbcUpgrade sqliteodbc-doc	May 9, 2020	Apr 30, 2020

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CVSS Details

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