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
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Google

Published: 2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-21T13:47:49.429Z

Reserved: 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3421

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:07:06.543Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-17T20:15:09.853

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:19:28.817

Link: CVE-2022-3421

cve-icon Redhat

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