iOS PDF exploit patch available on Cydia: have your jailbroken cake and safely eat it, too

iOS PDF exploit patch available on Cydia: have your jailbroken cake and safely eat it, too: "So, Apple was none too pleased with that potentially malicious PDF exploit found inside iOS 4 and pretty quickly released an update to fix it. There's just one problem: the patch left iPhone 2G and iPod touch 1G users still vulnerable. As is anyone with a jailbroken device. Cue Jay Freeman, or Saurik to the online / IRC community. In an odd twist of fate, Saurik has finished what Apple didn't, releasing a PDF Patch that'll fix the very vulnerability you used to jailbreak that device in the first place. In fact, it works on every device, so you don't have worry about updating just yet. It's available now in the Cydia market. And hey, be safe out there.

iOS PDF exploit patch available on Cydia: have your jailbroken cake and safely eat it, too originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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