cve/2020/CVE-2020-12050.md

### [CVE-2020-12050](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-12050)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1825762
- https://sysdream.com/news/lab/
- 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/

#### Github
- https://github.com/tnpitsecurity/CVEs