New iOS Jailbreak Exploit Uncovers Security Hole
New iOS Jailbreak Exploit Uncovers Security Hole
Posted 08/03/2010 at 3:09pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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The newest jailbreak for Apple's iOS platform has exposed a serious exploit that could allow a remote attacker to compromise the device. The exploit is present in all iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches running version 3.1.2 and higher. The exploit doesn't even require any particular user intervention, just opening a malicious PDF document.
The user is just required to visit a web address in mobile Safari that will load a PDF document. The PDF contains malicious code hidden in a font. The font will cause a stack overflow, allowing the code to be run on the device. A hacker could conceivably do anything at that point. Anything from deleting files, to installing spyware in the background.
This is similar to an exploit early in the iPhone's existence that used TIFF images. But this time around there are many more iPhones in the world, so we expect Apple to take this pretty seriously. Users are cautioned to avoid any PDFs for the time being.
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Trooper_One
August 04, 2010 at 12:57pm
SJ: "No no no! It has nothing to do with the phone. This can affect the competitor phones as well like BB and 'droid. Also, maybe the affected users shouldn't hold the phone sideways!! Sheesh, fucking n00bs".
Caboose
August 03, 2010 at 5:52pm
This is a non-issue, people are just using their iCraps wrong...
-- Sent from my andro... I mean iphone.
Pokedex1010
August 03, 2010 at 4:37pm
If you have a jailbroken iphone/ipod touch/ipad, you can download a fix for the issue, as I have already [for my ipod touch].
Nickompoop
August 03, 2010 at 3:49pm
Because Apple takes their problems seriously. What about the iPhone 4 antenna fiasco?
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