CVE-2021-30898 (GCVE-0-2021-30898)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-24 18:50 – Updated: 2024-08-03 22:48
VLAI
Summary
An access issue was addressed with additional sandbox restrictions on third party applications. This issue is fixed in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. A malicious application may be able to access some of the user's Apple ID information, or recent in-app search terms.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • A malicious application may be able to access some of the user's Apple ID information, or recent in-app search terms
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212814 x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apple iOS and iPadOS Affected: unspecified , < 15 (custom)
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