Pwn20wnd released the unc0ver v 6.0 jailbreaking tool

The popular jailbreaking tool called “unc0ver” now supports iOS 14.3 and earlier releases, and is able to unlock almost every iPhone device.

Pwn20wnd, the author of the jailbreaking tool “unc0ver,” has updated their software to support iOS 14.3 and earlier releases. The last release of the jailbreaking tool, unc0ver v6.0.0, now includes the exploit code for the CVE-2021-1782 vulnerability that Apple in January claimed was actively exploited by threat actors.

Jailbreaking an iOS mobile device it is possible to remove hardware restrictions implemented by the Apple’s operating system, Jailbreaking gives users root access to the iOS file system and manager, this allows them to download and install applications and themes from third-party stores.

Apple did not disclose info about the attacks in the wild exploiting this vulnerability.

The CVE-2021-1782 flaw is a race condition issue that resides in the iOS operating system kernel.

“A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.” reads the advisory. “A race condition was addressed with improved locking.”

unc0ver v6.0.0 could be used to unlock any device running iOS 11.0 through iOS 14.3, below the announcement made by Pwn20wnd on Twitter.

Zimperium founder, Zuk Avraham, also shared the news of the release of the jailbreaking tool and invited Apple to enable users to have full access to their devices.

In May 2020, the Unc0ver team released Unc0ver 5.0.0 which exploits a memory consumption issue in the kernel, tracked as CVE-2020-9859, to jailbreak mobile devices running iOS versions up to iOS v13.5.

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Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – hacking, jailbreaking tool)

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.