7.8
HIGH
CVE-2022-31218
"Drive Composer File System Privilege Escalation"
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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 15, 2022, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 16, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-31218 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Abb mint_workbench
2 Abb automation_builder
3 Abb drive_composer
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2022-31218.

URL Resource
https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=9AKK108467A0305&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch&_ga=2.38192870.478847987.1655218701-372504397.1647012599 Mitigation Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-31218 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-31218 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed 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. 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.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE Asea Brown Boveri Ltd. (ABB) CWE-269
    Added CWE Asea Brown Boveri Ltd. (ABB) CWE-59
    Removed CWE Reason CWE-269 / More specific CWE option available
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 24, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-269
    Added CWE NIST CWE-59
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 24, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=9AKK108467A0305&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch&_ga=2.38192870.478847987.1655218701-372504397.1647012599 No Types Assigned https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=9AKK108467A0305&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch&_ga=2.38192870.478847987.1655218701-372504397.1647012599 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:abb:automation_builder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.1.0 up to (including) 2.5.0 *cpe:2.3:a:abb:drive_composer:*:*:*:*:entry:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0 up to (excluding) 2.7.1 *cpe:2.3:a:abb:drive_composer:*:*:*:*:pro:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0 up to (excluding) 2.7.1 *cpe:2.3:a:abb:mint_workbench:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5866
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-31218 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-31218 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.00%

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0.19466

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