CVE-2021-30874
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-08-24 18:49
Modified
2024-08-03 22:48
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212814
product-security@apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT212869
Impacted products
AppleiOS and iPadOS
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