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==Exploit==
The LibTiff exploit was discovered by [http://taviso.decsystem.org Tavis Ormandy (Taviso)].<Br>
 
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There was a buffer overflow in the iPhone's libtiff. This was exploited to run a small application to jailbreak and patch libtiff. This exploit was also used for PSP homebrew, which cmw also worked on. The source code of the exploit was later released by cmw on his [http://toc2rta.com/?q=node/30 blog].
It was originally exploited by [http://www.cmw.me cmw] Aka Niacin and [http://www.toc2rta.com/ dre].<br>
 
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It was later modified by [http://www.metasploit.com MetaSploit] then adopted by [http://www.jailbreakme.com Jailbreakme.com].
 
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==Credit==
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[http://taviso.decsystem.org/ taviso], Niacin ([http://www.cmw.me/ cmw]), [http://www.toc2rta.com/ dre], [http://www.metasploit.com/ MetaSploit], rezn, dinopio, drudge, kroo, pumpkin, davidc, dunham, planetbeing, NerveGas
Cmw was also responsible for creating the similar libtiff exploit for the PSP platform.<Br>
 
   
 
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Revision as of 22:17, 1 August 2010

Exploit

There was a buffer overflow in the iPhone's libtiff. This was exploited to run a small application to jailbreak and patch libtiff. This exploit was also used for PSP homebrew, which cmw also worked on. The source code of the exploit was later released by cmw on his blog.

Credit

taviso, Niacin (cmw), dre, MetaSploit, rezn, dinopio, drudge, kroo, pumpkin, davidc, dunham, planetbeing, NerveGas