Google Researcher Releases Ios Exploit—Could Enable Ios Xi Jailbreak

As promised last week, Google's Project Zero researcher Ian Beer instantly publicly disclosed an exploit that plant on almost all 64-bit Apple devices running iOS 11.1.2 or earlier, which tin laissez passer on notice live used to construct an iOS jailbreak, allowing users to run apps from non-Apple sources.

On Mon morning, Beer shared the details on the exploit, dubbed "tfp0," which leveraged double-free retentivity corruption vulnerabilities inwards the kernel, the core of the operating system.

Here, "tfp0" stands for "task for pid 0" or the nitty-gritty chore port—which gives users total command over the core of the operating system.

The Project Zero researcher responsibly reported these vulnerabilities to Apple inwards October, which were patched yesteryear the fellowship alongside the release of iOS 11.2 on s December.

While Beer says he has successfully tested his proof of concept exploit on the iPhone 6s too 7, too iPod Touch 6G, he believes that his exploit should run on all 64-bit Apple devices.

Another safety researcher confirmed that the exploit released yesteryear Beer besides plant on his Apple TvOS 11.x too TV 4K running iOS 11.1.2.

What's worse? Since Apple's iOS mobile operating arrangement too macOS desktop operating arrangement part the same code base, the nitty-gritty for macOS is besides vulnerable to the bug, according to a study published yesteryear Project Zero on Google's Chromium Blog.

Beer said he has besides successfully tested the vulnerability on macOS 10.13, running on a MacBook Air 5.2, which Apple patched inwards macOS 10.13.1.

Earlier versions of the operating systems are withal vulnerable to the exploit, which basically grants consummate core access to the operating arrangement too that is actually what the jailbreak community requires.

Although nosotros bring non heard whatever intelligence most iOS jailbreaks from the jailbreak community from really long, Beer's exploit could live the terra firma for a hereafter iOS xi jailbreak, allowing iPhone too iPad users to install third-party OS customizations via apps that are restricted yesteryear Apple.

If iOS 11.1.2 jailbreak surfaces inwards upcoming days, you lot tin laissez passer on notice withal downgrade to iOS 11.1.2 using iTunes fifty-fifty if you lot bring updated to iOS 11.2 because Apple is withal signing the operating system.

Share This :