CVE-2021-30898
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2021-30898- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2021-30898- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-17815 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2021-17815- Updated
- 2026-11-03
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-30898 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Apple Ipados, published August 24, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 16th percentile. No source names a fixed version.