CVE-2022-3421 (GCVE-0-2022-3421)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-17 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-21 13:47
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Summary
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
Severity ?
5.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Google LLC Drive for Desktop MacOS Affected: unspecified , < 64.0 (custom)
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