---
id: 8239
title: "Bypass iOS Version Check and Certification Validation"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/mobile-application-pentesting/bypass-ios-version-check-and-certification-validation/"
published_at: "2014-07-28T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["ios", "jailbreak", "certificate-validation", "plist", "mobile-pentesting", "ssl-bypass"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8239"
lang: en
---

# Bypass iOS Version Check and Certification Validation

## Summary

When an iOS app blocks installs below a required version, jailbroken devices can fake ProductVersion in SystemVersion.plist or patch the IPA's plist, plus bypass cert checks via SSL Kill Switch.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2014-07-28T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/mobile-application-pentesting/bypass-ios-version-check-and-certification-validation/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8239