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PureKFD device toolbox version 5.3 released with improvements for KFD exploit users

PureKFD.

PureKFD is an iOS toolbox for non-jailbroken devices that supports various versions of iOS & iPadOS ranging from 14.0 through 18.0/18.1 beta 4. While it previously only supported firmware versions that were susceptible to the Kernel File Descriptor (KFD) exploit, that all changed recently when the toolbox added support for the more recent SparseRestore exploit starting with version 6.

Developers use Ian Beer’s CVE-2025-24203 write-up to bring MacDirtyCow-like tweaks to newer firmware

MDC0 and dirtyZero apps.

In case you didn’t already know, there’s a new kernel exploit out in the wild that renowned Google Project Zero security researcher Ian Beer recently published a writeup about. CVE-2025-24203, which is being referred to by the iPhone & iPad hacking community as dirtyZero or mdc0, is a kernel exploit that allows for certain system customizations akin to what the MacDirtyCow exploit was once capable of on supported firmware.

PasscodePercent puts your battery level percentage at the top of your jailbroken device’s passcode interface

PasscodePercent.

iOS developer CydiaGeek just this week released a free jailbreak tweak called NCHeaderPercent that put the battery level percentage in your Notification Center interface’s individual headers. But for those looking for a different way to see their device’s battery level percentage, the same developer just released a free add-on called PasscodePercent that does exactly that.