8 Oct
iPhone Bug No.2 – Security bug is related to Emergency Call
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Loading ...There was this bug in iPhone which allowed anyone to get around the iPhone’s passcode lock. This bug was fixed by Apple in the 2.1 firmware update. There is this programmer’s 12 year old son who has discovered another small security bug in the Emergenct Call feature.
If you have turned on the passcode lock and disabled SMS Preview, iPhone enables a mandatory passcode. If a message is received during the passcode entry or while the screen is locked, a generic message of “New Text Message” appears, to prevent viewing of messages without unlocking the phone. But Karl Kraft found a way to get around this:
If however the phone is placed in emergency call mode, any incoming SMS messages are previewed instead of presented as the generic messages. Thus all I need to do to intercept the messages from his girlfriend is to place the phone in emergency mode and wait 30 seconds for the next sickly sweet message.
Not a big one though. I am sure Apple will get rid of this but with the 2.2 firmware update.
[via - KarlKraft's Blog]
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