# CVE-2022-31216: Drive Composer Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

> Low-privileged attackers can exploit a link following vulnerability in ABB Drive Composer to write arbitrary files as SYSTEM, leading to privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7j2h-f54c-qv9j

## What is CVE-2022-31216?

CVE-2022-31216 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in ABB Automation Builder, published on 15 Jun 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerabilities in the Drive Composer allow a low privileged attacker to create and write to a file anywhere on the file system as SYSTEM with arbitrary content as long as the file does not already exist. The Drive Composer installer file allows a low-privileged user to run a "repair" operation on the product.

Weakness: CWE-59 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-31216?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Abb Automation Builder, Abb Drive Composer, Abb Mint Workbench.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-31216?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-31216 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-31216 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31216 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ABB Automation Builder

- [CVE-2025-3394](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3394/): Vulnerability in user management of Automation Builder (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2025-3395](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3395/): Information disclosure in Automation Builder (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2022-31217](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31217/): Drive Composer Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-31218](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31218/): Drive Composer Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-31219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31219/): Drive Composer Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-31216 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-31216 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in ABB Automation Builder, published on 15 Jun 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31216 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ABB Automation Builder. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31216/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31216/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-31216
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31216
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-31216

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31216/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.