Vulnerability to jailbreak millions of iphone
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Problems with iPhones continue these weeks. In this case, a vulnerability has been discovered that can jailbreak millions of Apple phones. A security analyst has discovered this failed call checkm8. The flaw allows access to private iOS areas at a level that Apple simply couldn't fix with updates.
Vulnerability to jailbreak millions of iPhone
This exploit therefore affects areas of memory that cannot be modified. Furthermore, they are areas that run at all times when the device starts, making them inevitable.
EPIC JAILBREAK: Introducing checkm8 (read "checkmate"), a permanent unpatchable bootrom exploit for hundreds of millions of iOS devices.
Most generations of iPhones and iPads are vulnerable: from iPhone 4S (A5 chip) to iPhone 8 and iPhone X (A11 chip).
- axi0mX (@ axi0mX) September 27, 2019
Serious vulnerability
This failure also has the particularity of affecting practically all Apple phones. As previously revealed, this bug affects phones from iPhone 4S to X. So it is something that affects millions of users worldwide. A huge problem for Apple in this regard, which does not usually have such vulnerabilities very often.
The good part in this case is that it is a vulnerability that can only be performed using a USB cable and activated through software from the computer. This reduces the chances that something will happen to users.
But it is an important wake-up call for Apple. So we hope this vulnerability on iPhones really doesn't go any further. Luckily, it is something that is not easy to carry out in all cases, which can avoid many
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