CVE-2021-30874 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. A VPN configuration may be installed by an app without user permission.

Published: 2021-08-24

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

iOS and iPadOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 15

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-17791	An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. A VPN configuration may be installed by an app without user permission.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00198.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212814
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212869

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Ipados Iphone Os Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2021-08-24T18:49:39.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T22:48:13.243Z

Reserved: 2021-04-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-30874

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-24T19:15:15.490

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:04:53.160

Link: CVE-2021-30874

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-862

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