It was confirmed a few days ago that the SHAttered tool can be used to jailbreak iOS 4.1 that is loaded on to the new generation Apple TV.
A video demonstration of this happening has now been uploaded to YouTube and shows a user logging in to the Apple TV and running commands as root.
SHAtter is a low level exploit that manages to break in to the Apple TV and other iOS 4.1 devices through a hardware issue. What this means is that Apple will not be able to patch the hole unless a new version with modified hardware ships.
It’s confirmed…SHAtter can trick Apple’s new AppleTV 2G into restoring to a pre-jailbroken IPSW from PwnageTool too! Literally the only UI application on the ATV is Lowtide.app, but now the window is open for jailbroken apps of all varieties. (Just like the early iPhone days, the only apps you’ll see on the AppleTV will be jailbroken ones). In the meantime, here’s a video showing root access (via ssh) into Apple’s new product.
It is unclear at the moment when the SHAtter tool will be launched. Reasons for this is that it isn’t yet ready for public release. We suspect it will be sometime this month although we could also end up waiting a bit longer than that.
Check out the video below to see it in action…
Via: RedmondPie
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