CVE-2022-31217 HIGH

CVE-2022-31217: Drive Composer Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor Abb
Product Drive Composer entry
Weakness CWE-59
Published June 15, 2022
Last update April 23, 2025
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CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 15, 2022 CVE published
April 23, 2025 Record updated