CVE-2022-3421
MEDIUMGoogle Drive < 64.0 - Privilege Escalation via Directory Symlink Attack
Title source: llmDescription
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
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://support.google.com/a/answer/7577057?hl=en
Scores
CVSS v3
5.6
EPSS
0.0010
EPSS Percentile
1.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-264
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (1)
google/drive
< 64.0
Published
Oct 17, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026