New jailbreak method uses TIFF exploit

by bgizzle on 8 Oct 2007

As we previously predicted, it is the TIFF bug in MobileSafari (which runs on both the iPod touch and the iPhone) that has led to a jailbreak of the 1.1.1 firmwares. Niacin of the Toc2rta team (the originators of the Sony PSP mod that used a similar TIFF exploit) confirms that modders have gained access to the root of the iPod’s filesystem using the buffer overflow bug.

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  • michael said:

    I tought this only worked on the iphone correct me if I am wrong. I was thinking about buying a touch this week from apple.com if I bought this from apple.com would this exploit still work or would they fix so it wont work before I get it?

    # 8 October 2007 at 5:32 pm
  • dillon said:

    woot first

    # 8 October 2007 at 5:50 pm
  • JTD said:

    Still read-only on the touch, and likely to remain so more or less forever.

    # 8 October 2007 at 7:48 pm
  • juju said:

    omfg I can’t believe it I’ve been waiting so long when this comes out I am going to hack the shit out of my iPod touch speaking ofnipod touch I’m on my iPod touch typing this right now and it only tool me about a minute that’s howvfast I can type on this thing lmfao

    # 9 October 2007 at 3:45 am
  • Carrera594 said:

    has anyone tried uploading the tiff file from their computer onto the touch, then going into the image viewer and viewing it there? that would make it more like the psp tiff exploit

    # 9 October 2007 at 7:58 am
  • Josh Walsh said:

    If this hack is workable, the solution would need to come rather quickly. Surely the TIFF exploit will be fixed by the next firmware update. The dev team would need to gain full access to be able to find other exploits before Apple patches the hole.

    # 9 October 2007 at 9:26 am
  • juju said:

    ouu thats a good idea
    ill dload a psp tiff and try that
    but i dunno if itll work

    nope its not supported by the ipod

    # 9 October 2007 at 9:34 am
  • Carrera594 said:

    @juju

    Thanks anyway man. I dont have my touch yet. i will be going to target today to get it.

    # 9 October 2007 at 10:21 am
  • michael said:

    I just ordered my ipod touch from apple today and I should expect it by the 25th of this month so I hope they don’t make a new update or patch for this exploit before I get my ipod touch :)

    # 9 October 2007 at 9:11 pm
  • normal consumer said:

    i need flash for the web browsing!!!

    Got this crap as a present,,, useless junk, better to have a video nano than touch!!!

    Without flash player, google map, chat, so damn fuccking useless.

    And what about calendar? what a crap is it? not editable?!

    I dream of having a microphone or audio in to use this as a skype phone, but i must be really dreaming…

    # 10 October 2007 at 2:24 am
  • nick botulism said:

    I wish they would choose a different way of releasing this hack. And it’s weird that they have taken down the entire blog, it makes the whole thing feel far less transparent. Are sources available? I don’t feel comfortable navigating to a random webpage that uses an exploit to install who-knows-what on my device without giving me any particular reason to trust them. And what if the site gets owned?

    Furthermore, if this is the only source of the hack, then it is all too easily taken down by legal teams…

    Tempting, but I’m either going to wait for the non-TIFF exploit jailbreak, or for sources that I can install on my own server to navigate to with my iPod touch.

    # 10 October 2007 at 12:40 pm
  • James said:

    is this for da touch or iphone?

    # 10 October 2007 at 2:02 pm
  • nick botulism said:

    Ah, it looks like the blog is back up. Still, I will wait for more info (which they say is forthcoming) before trying it.

    # 10 October 2007 at 7:59 pm
  • michael said:

    this is for both

    # 10 October 2007 at 8:52 pm
  • dad said:

    You understand how easy it will be for Apple to path this hole, don’t you. Great though, keep it up.

    # 10 October 2007 at 10:59 pm
  • Mac-A-Doodle » iPod Touch apps: And so it begins said:

    [...] large number of iPhone apps have been found to work for the iPod Touch as well (mostly through the TIFF Jailbreak method), and a listing of these is available on the iPod Touch Fans wiki, which as of this writing [...]

    # 11 October 2007 at 5:44 pm
  • swissdude said:

    Hi, I have a virgin Iphone 1.1.1 and i wanted to unlock it with anySim 1.1, will this method work to jailbreak my virgin 1.1.1 iphone to then be able to unlock it with anySim ? If it does really work, how can I do it. A tutorial would be greatly appreciated!

    Thanks !

    # 20 October 2007 at 10:59 am
  • Andres said:

    mmm i used a program called ijailbreak and it worked but then my brother instaled the update on it and messed it up after i managed to downgrade it i ran the program and it said:mv: rename rdisk0s1 to rdisk0s1.dmg: no such file or directory (1)

    # 5 December 2007 at 7:45 pm
  • Daiq said:

    Well, trust me, I have hacked mine, and it was BRILLIANT!! I love it even more than before. There is no limit to what you can do, once you hack it. Also a warning: once you hack into it, it is not returnable, so if you do it, plan to keep it forever, or sell it on eBAy for shitloads of money. Also, be carefule what you install on your Touch. Read all the warnings first before installing anything. Otherwise, you could CRASH your iPod, and then it’s useless. Just thought I’d point that out. Also, while on the subject, if you are contemplating whether or not you should buy an iTouch, BUY ONE!!! It is possibly one of the best purchases you’ll ever make. Seriously.

    # 7 December 2007 at 11:16 am
  • manta said:

    ok so once u hack the touch and if you want it back to normal, can you just restore it without any harm?

    # 15 January 2008 at 4:36 pm