TinyUmbrella

Earlier this morning, one of the JailbreakMe 3.0 beta testers leaked the pdf files for the jailbreak tool. @Paulpols was amongst the first to discover and tweet about it. He mentioned the following on Twitter:

The iPad 2 jailbreak for iOS 4.3 was leaked. Possibly Wi-Fi only. Not recommended & use at your own risk. • Available @ ipad2jailbreakpdf.weebly.com

Shortly after this incident, the whole set of unverified files for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod on different iOS versions were released. Many users were ashamed of the release as it really hurts the jailbreak community. @veeence mentioned that the person to leak the files was @MultiMediaWill. Ryan Lobbins was the one to originally host it on his site and then Will specifically hosted the iPad 2 file on his site and leaked it, according to what the word going is stating. @chpwn further mentioned that the leaked version of the iPad 2 pdf (which is to jailbreak the iPad 2) was so broken and unstable that @saurik told @comex to tell everyone to not use it if it was released. @i0n1c mentioned how the tool is probably being patched by Apple already and iOS 4.3.4 is probably going to be released soon to avoid people from jailbreaking their devices. This was mentioned in the following tweet:

An iPad2 4.3jB via PDF was leaked to the masses.that means Apple will reverse the xploit tonight and 4.3.4 will kill the jb before it is out

Apple is said to be more worried about the PDF crash as it crashes Safari on iOS 4.3.3, meaning that the vulnerability is still valid and is the same one used in the jailbreak. Furthermore, it shows that all their iDevices can be rooted remotely, hence iOS 4.3.4.The Apple employees are probably hard at work dissecting the code used behind @comex’s jailbreak method. It has been said that Apple has been anticipating the release of JailbreakMe 3.0 for weeks and has the appropriate teams (PDF Dev Team, Kernel Team and Exploit Reversers) ready to help patch the exploit involved. @comex was obviously not happy about the situation when he found out someone used a dictionary attack and leaked a buggy version of his jailbreak, putting him on what he felt was a useless time limit. He is hoping that the time limit he is put on isn’t too short and that he can work on a functional release candidate for his JailbreakMe 3.0 tool before Apple patches it. It is advised that if you are seeking to utilize the tool to jailbreak your iOS device, that you save the SHSH blobs for 4.3.3 using the TinyUmbrella software:

If you are waiting on the official JailbreakMe.com: save your iOS 4.3.3 SHSHs regardless of your current iOS version: thefirmwareumbrella.blogspot.com

Leaks are mentioned to be worse in the iOS 5.0 days but what is most important is what @iH8sn0w said best in his tweet that mentioned the following:

Blogs should NOT be posting information about leaked material. Its only giving Apple more of an advantage and a heads-up.

It really is a shame that someone leaked materials regarding the JailbreakMe 3.0 jailbreak tool as now it is forcing @comex to work at a faster pace to get his tool out before Apple patches it. The leaker not only didn’t have the right to release someone’s hard work but also didn’t think very carefully about how he is jeopardizing all the hard work and putting a countless number of users at risk of being unable to jailbreak their iOS device due to Apple working on a patch for the exploit used. Reasons such as this is why developers and hackers get frustrated and deterred from the scene.

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