During a SQL update of a database, a temporary field used as part of the...

Arace conditionoccurs whentwo or more processes attempt to access and modify a shared resource simultaneously, leading to unintended behavior. In this scenario, the attacker was able to modify a temporary fieldbefore the SQL update completed, indicating atime-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability, which is a type of race condition.

Memory injection (B)refers to inserting malicious code into a running process’s memory, but that isnotwhat is happening here.

Malicious update (C)is too broad and does not specifically describe this scenario.

Side loading (D)is a technique where malicious software is loaded via a trusted application, unrelated to this case.