Critical-risk tools in Google Drive
9 of the 131 tools in Google Drive are classified as critical risk. This page profiles those tools specifically, with recommended policy actions and the attack patterns that target them.
Every operation listed below is an action PolicyLayer recommends controlling at the transport layer. Open any tool to see the full profile, risk score, and YAML policy snippet.
Tools at critical risk
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deleteCalendarEventDestructiveDelete a calendar event
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deleteCommentDestructiveDelete a comment from the document
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deleteDimensionGroupDestructiveRemove a row or column group from a sheet. The rows/columns themselves are kept; only the grouping is removed. Indices are 0-based and the interval is half-open [startIndex, end...
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deleteGoogleSlideDestructiveDelete a slide from a presentation
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deleteItemDestructiveMove a file or folder to trash (can be restored from Google Drive trash)
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deleteRangeDestructiveDelete content between start and end indices. Works on Google Docs and text/* files (e.g. text/plain, text/markdown). Index semantics differ by file type: Google Docs use the Do...
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deleteSheetDestructiveDelete a sheet/tab by sheetId
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deleteSlideElementDestructiveDelete an element (image, text box, shape) from a Google Slides slide
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removePermissionDestructiveRemove a permission from a file (by permissionId or emailAddress)
Attacks that target this class
Critical-risk tools in any server share these documented attack patterns. Each links to the full case and the defensive policy.