A few weeks ago we told you that iH8sn0w had found a jailbreak that would last a lifetime if they took good care of it, and that is valid for the new iPhones because the security hole is in the iBoot.
Well yesterday the same hacker wrote on Twitter great news about future jailbreaks adorned with a touch of humor, and is that iH8sn0w has found a new iBoot-level exploit using the iBoot exploit that I already had.
"Those awkward moments where you find a new iBoot vulnerability while trying to exploit another"
We already told you that having access to the bootloader iPhone was great news because would facilitate very much the task of find security holes in the software, and that these new holes would be the ones that would bring us the jailbreak (not the iBoot exploit itself, which would be only a means to get new jailbreaks).
For those who do not know what it is an iBoot exploit And why it can last forever, we will tell you: it is an exploit at the start of the iPhone that allows modifying the system, accessing as superuser, loading custom firmwares, etc. Can Apple shut it down? Yes, that's why it can't be made public.
Can it be used once they close it? It is very curious but yes, in some conditions it can. You can use the iBoot exploit to install a custom firmware, adding to an iOS that has already closed the exploit the previous bootloader, so that you still have the hole. That is, the hole itself can be used to hold the hole forever, it's a bit of a paradox. If you update normally, you lose it forever.
But it doesn't really matter, because hackers do not intend to make it public, so Apple will not be able to close it. They gon 'use it to get new jailbreaks, and I assure you that it is worth doing it like that, it will be much easier to get the jailbreak using this hole to find new exploits.
Following the Tweet of iH8sn0w I am going to share an answer that has made me very funny about it:
@ iH8sn0w those awkward moments when one talks about vulns and keeps them to themselves.
- Shane Dugas (@ spindogg79) February 20
"Those awkward moments when someone talks about a vulnerability but keeps it to himself"
I find the criticism very funny, although I want you to know that the fact that they keep it for themselves is good for us long term, because they'll get more jailbreaks, if they make it public, it will not work in the future except for those who use it now and always update with custom firmwares, something very unfair for someone who buys an iPhone "tomorrow", he with the same iPhone and the same iOS will not be able to jailbreak , and your neighbor who keeps the bootloader will be able to ...
Believe me if I tell you that this brings many complications and doubts. It is best if they use these vulnerabilities to create a userland jailbreak easy and that works for everyone, like the last ones we have seen.
