CVE-2022-3421
Privilege escalation in Google Drive for Desktop on MacOS
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.6 Medium
- Published
- Oct 17, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 21, 2025
- Reserved
- Oct 7, 2022
Description
An attacker can pre-create the `/Applications/Google\ Drive.app/Contents/MacOS` directory which is expected to be owned by root to be owned by a non-root user. When the Drive for Desktop installer is run for the first time, it will place a binary in that directory with execute permissions and set its setuid bit. Since the attacker owns the directory, the attacker can replace the binary with a symlink, causing the installer to set the setuid bit on the symlink. When the symlink is executed, it will run with root permissions. We recommend upgrading past version 64.0
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.6 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L |
Weaknesses
- CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Drive for Desktop MacOSGoogle LLC |
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References
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