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		MuffinFlavored on Sept 27, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Checkm8 – Bootrom exploit for many iOS devices I can't easily tell by looking at the code what the actual exploit is or why it can't be patched in a new version of the bootloader.

NightMKoder on Sept 27, 2019 [–]

This looks like a bootrom exploit - the stage before iBoot - that verifies signatures of the firmware. The code for it is hard burned - read only from software. This can only be fixed with new hardware. https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Bootrom

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