Fix For iPhone Safari Malicious TIFF Exploit

[carfac]

Looks like there is a fix now for the malicious TIFF exploit in Safari in iPhone 1.1.1. The only catch, you have to have a hacked iPhone! Seems the hackers are more on top for fixing things for the iPhone than Apple! (Apple, as I understand it, is still trying to get iTunes to charge you 99 cents to fix the exploit.)

http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/29/confirmed-jailbreak-appsnapp-fixes-tiff-exploit-hole-in-iphone/

 

[mkrishnan]

It's almost the best of both worlds, since the most appealing aspect of the existing flaw is that it allows the hacking in the first place. Very nice of the intruder to lock the unlocked kitchen door on their way out.

 

[carfac]

...the most appealing aspect of the existing flaw is that it allows the hacking in the first place...

I *think* that the TIFF exploit was used for the first unlocking of 1.1.1, but is no longer used, but I am not sure if that is true. I am pretty sure a different method is now used, that does not need the TIFF thingy.