Targeting the iOS Kernel - Reverse Engineering Mac OS X
Targeting the iOS Kernel - Reverse Engineering Mac OS X
Targeting the iOS Kernel - Reverse Engineering Mac OS X
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Interesting <strong>Kernel</strong> Bugs - <strong>OS</strong> X<br />
<strong>OS</strong> X <strong>Kernel</strong><br />
• user-land dereference bugs are not exploitable<br />
• privilege escalation to root usually highest goal<br />
• memory corruptions or code exec in kernel nice but usually not required<br />
• kernel exploits only triggerable as root are not interesting<br />
Stefan Esser • <strong>Targeting</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>i<strong>OS</strong></strong> <strong>Kernel</strong> • April 2011 •<br />
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