Well, I can't believe it, symbian security is hacked. First I thought it was the case only with Nokia phones but I saw application selling this hack on UIQ phones, too :0
We can learn about the big security vulnerability of our Nokia and Sony Ericsson Symbian 9 smartphones. We need to do following steps:
- Take an update firmware package (currently supported only by Nokia for S60 smartphones).
- Edit some part of it, where all those capabilities are listed that a user can grant to a 3rd party application upon installation.
- Update these capabilities.
- Flash this modified firmware.
I think we all now can watch DRM ontent for free on S60 devices like N95 or N73. This will be the big surprise for all content providers. Also we can browse all files in our smartphones including Private folders!
References:- Symbian Platform Security - Hacked?
- Goodbye S60 Platform Security, Hello CAPABILITIES!
- Exploring S60 with AllFiles
- Security Hack on UIQ
- Policy file on Symbian phones
- Hacking S60 3rd edition firmware - Unlimited permissions for untrusted midlets
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