Security restrictions bypass in SQLite

1) Security features bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU70528

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-46908

CWE-ID: CWE-254 - Security Features

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper implementation of the azProhibitedFunctions protection mechanism, which allows UDF functions such as WRITEFILE when relying on --safe for execution of an untrusted CLI script. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

SQLite: 3.0.0 - 3.40.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:sqlite:sqlite:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:sqlite:sqlite:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:sqlite:sqlite:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://sqlite.org/src/info/cefc032473ac5ad2
https://sqlite.org/forum/forumpost/07beac8056151b2f
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33948588

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.