Evasi0n

Evasi0n, (stylized as "evasi0n"), is a untethered jailbreak program for iOS 6.0 - 6.1.2 and for iOS 7.0 - 7.0.6 (with evasi0n7). It is known for a portable code base and minimal use of arbitrary code execution. More than seven million copies of Evasi0n were downloaded in the first four days after release.[1] It was released on 4 February 2013. Four of the six exploits used were patched by Apple on 18 March 2013 with the release of iOS 6.1.3. On 22 December 2013, the evad3rs released a new version of evasi0n that supports iOS 7.x, known as evasi0n7. One major exploit used by this jailbreak was patched by Apple with the 4th beta of iOS 7.1 and two more with beta 5. The final release of iOS 7.1 fixed all the exploits used by evasi0n7.[2][3][4]

evasi0n
Developer(s)Evad3rs (pod2g, MuscleNerd, planetbeing, pimskeks)
Stable release
1.5.3
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, OS X and Linux
Websiteevasi0n.com/iOS6
evasi0n7
Developer(s)Evad3rs (pod2g, MuscleNerd, planetbeing, pimskeks)
Stable release
1.0.8
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, and OS X
Websiteevasi0n.com

The evasi0n jailbreak first remounts the root file system as read-write and then achieves persistence by editing the /etc/launchd.conf file, which launchd consults. Evasi0n then applies patches in the kernel, bypassing address space layout randomization by triggering a data fault and reconstructing the kernel slide by reading the faulting instruction from the appropriate ARM exception vector.[5]

PCMag reported that evasi0n checks whether it is running on a Chinese-language computer, and, if so, installs Taiji, a Chinese app market, rather than Cydia.[6]

See also
  • p0sixspwn, an userland jailbreak for iOS 6.1.3-6.1.6 developed by iH8sn0w, winocm and SquiffyPwn.
  • Cydia, an open-source package manager for iOS which uses APT repositories to get apps and tweaks.

References
  1. "Evasi0n 'jailbreaks' 7M iOS devices, update already available for iOS 6.1.1". AppleInsider. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  2. "iH8sn0w on Twitter: "So the code sign bug that evasi0n7 uses still exists in 7.1b4. Kernel exploit looks patched though :P"". Twitter.com. 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  3. "iH8sn0w on Twitter: "Apple fixed the chown vuln that appeared in iOS 7 and used by evasi0n7 by checking to see if its a symlink again :P"". Twitter.com. 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  4. "iH8sn0w on Twitter: "evasi0n7's afc sandbox escape is patched in 7.1b5 too."". Twitter.com. 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  5. Greenberg, Andy. "Inside Evasi0n, The Most Elaborate Jailbreak To Ever Hack Your iPhone". Forbes. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  6. "The Real Code In iOS 7 Jailbreak's Evasi0n". PCMag. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
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