Critical-risk tools in Google Docs
8 of the 33 tools in Google Docs 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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GOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_CONTENT_RANGEDestructiveTool to delete a range of content from a Google Document. Use when you need to remove a specific portion of text or other structural elements within a document.
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GOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_FOOTERDestructiveTool to delete a footer from a Google Document. Use when you need to remove a footer from a specific section or the default footer.
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GOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_HEADERDestructiveDeletes the header from the specified section or the default header if no section is specified. Use this tool to remove a header from a Google Document.
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GOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_NAMED_RANGEDestructiveTool to delete a named range from a Google Document. Use when you need to remove a previously defined named range by its ID or name.
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GOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_PARAGRAPH_BULLETSDestructiveTool to remove bullets from paragraphs within a specified range in a Google Document. Use when you need to clear bullet formatting from a section of a document.
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GOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_TABLEDestructiveTool to delete an entire table from a Google Document. Use when you have the document ID and the specific start and end index of the table element to be removed. The table's ran...
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GOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_TABLE_COLUMNDestructiveTool to delete a column from a table in a Google Document. Use this tool when you need to remove a specific column from an existing table within a document.
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GOOGLEDOCS_DELETE_TABLE_ROWDestructiveTool to delete a row from a table in a Google Document. Use when you need to remove a specific row from an existing table.
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.