CVE-2022-31219 Drive Composer Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

High 7.3 Published 15 Jun 2022 Updated 23 Apr 2025

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: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2022-31219?

CVE-2022-31219 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, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

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-2022-31219?

It affects 3 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2022-31219?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-31219 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-2022-31219 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31219 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mgwv-57p9-8v74.