Google's Project Zero researchers are hunting down security holes and their latest discovery is not going to appeal to Apple. Ian Beer, a member of the team, has just made public one of the flaws he found on iOS 11. This flaw helps to take control of the core of the operating system of the iPhone. It could lead to the development of a jailbreak, that is to say the unlocking of the smartphone, which would be a first for the iOS version 11.1.2. Beer says it has successfully tested its discovery on an iPhone 7, an iPhone 6s and a sixth generation iPod touch.
The code to exploit the flaw is available but it is intended especially for the programmers having solid knowledge in the matter.
The flaw is clogged in iOS 11.2
The flaw has been corrected by Apple in the latest version of iOS 11.2 but users who have not made the update could exploit it. Apple's correction of the problem explains why Ian Beer made his discovery public, to allow other researchers to perform security tests on the iPhone's operating system. The goal is to discover other vulnerabilities to warn manufacturers before they are exploited by malicious hackers. For now, no jailbreak has been announced but experts agree that the discovery of Ian Beer could lead to the unlocking of the smartphone.