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By restoring files, directories and symlinks to the iOS device, the path is carefully checked, so that no write accesses outside of certain domains are possible. By creating a symlink that points to somewhere else, it is possible to overcome this limitation. |
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== Usage in [[evasi0n]] jailbreak == |
== Usage in [[evasi0n]] jailbreak == |
Revision as of 01:42, 16 December 2013
By restoring files, directories and symlinks to the iOS device, the path is carefully checked, so that no write accesses outside of certain domains are possible. By creating a symlink that points to somewhere else, it is possible to overcome this limitation.
This vulnerability has been fixed in iOS 7.1b2[1].
Usage in evasi0n jailbreak
In the case of evasi0n, the following files, directories and symlinks are restored, all in the Media Domain:
- directory:
Media/
- directory:
Media/Recordings/
- symlink:
Media/Recordings/.haxx
pointing to/var/mobile
- directory:
Media/Recordings/.haxx/DemoApp.app/
- several files in
Media/Recordings/.haxx/DemoApp.app/
,Info.plist
,DemoApp
,Icon.png
,Icon@2x.png
,Icon-72.png
,Icon-72@2x.png
- file:
Media/Recordings/.haxx/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installation.plist
This results in the following directory and file structure:
/var/mobile/Media/Recordings/ (folder) /var/mobile/Media/Recordings/.haxx (symlink) /var/mobile/DemoApp.app/Info.plist /var/mobile/DemoApp.app/DemoApp /var/mobile/DemoApp.app/Icon.png /var/mobile/DemoApp.app/Icon@2x.png /var/mobile/DemoApp.app/Icon-72.png /var/mobile/DemoApp.app/Icon-72@2x.png /var/mobile/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installation.plist
See Also
- Timezone Vulnerability regarding CVE-2013-0979