CVE-2022-31218 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.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-31218?
CVE-2022-31218 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
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-31218?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Abb Automation Builder, Abb Drive Composer, Abb Mint Workbench.
How do I fix CVE-2022-31218?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-31218 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2022-31218 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31218 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in ABB Automation Builder
- CVE-2025-3394 Vulnerability in user management of Automation Builder
- CVE-2025-3395 Information disclosure in Automation Builder
- CVE-2022-31216 Drive Composer Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2022-31217 Drive Composer Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2022-31219 Drive Composer Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f7h3-whmx-5pqj.