Get permissions for a file
AI agents call get_file_permissions to retrieve information from Mcp Google Drive without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves permission metadata for a file without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a read-only information retrieval action. While permission information could be sensitive in some contexts, the tool itself performs no write, execute, or destructive operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_file_permissions' and description 'Get permissions for a file' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects. The verb 'Get' is explicitly informational.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get permissions for a file. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Google Drive MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Google Drive MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_file_permissions: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Mcp Google Drive. Nothing to install.
get_file_permissions is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_file_permissions rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_file_permissions. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
get_file_permissions is provided by the Mcp Google Drive MCP server (longtran2404/mcp-google-drive). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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