The great fail0verflow team is back at it again with the PlayStation 4 (PS4) and this time around they have detailed some new developments in part 4 of their "PS4 AUX HAX" Series, In the recent write-up of the series some interesting details were shared on something that could potentially lead to a current firmware exploit? Its very early but we do know that when the failOverflow team shares information its like "holding the nuts" at the poker table, its solid information always. We have seen them work on various gaming consoles in the past and they were no stranger to elevating the PS3 and were the pioneers of Linux on the PS4 and also helped provide key information for exploits on older PS4 firmware in the past as well, The PS4 is entering the later stages of its life cycle and new exploits are a welcome site for a struggling homebrew platform that could be so vibrant on a device with so much potential, but lacking an exploit that gives user's that current firmware window for explortation.
Team member ps4_enthusiast posted a new write-up titled: "PS4 Aux Hax 4: Belize via CEC". In this write up the developer details how all current PS4 models and firmware revisions could be vulnerable to this exploit. Now the team is not supplying or giving a final product here but are leaving juicy information and breadcrumbs for other interested developer's to take all the info from there. This is existing news (but also very early) and surely something to follow over the next weeks/months . The attack is really creative (as so many are) as it attacks CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) via HDMI using this as a trigger for the exploit, So yes, that looks like a hardware modification is needed for at very least the execution and then with some other software magic from fail0verflow the exploit is launched and unofficial code execution is then possible. Additional information and more precise details can be seen in the official write-up (linked at bottom of this page, along with the 3 previous write-up in the PS4 AUX HAX series by fail0verflow.
Team member ps4_enthusiast posted a new write-up titled: "PS4 Aux Hax 4: Belize via CEC". In this write up the developer details how all current PS4 models and firmware revisions could be vulnerable to this exploit. Now the team is not supplying or giving a final product here but are leaving juicy information and breadcrumbs for other interested developer's to take all the info from there. This is existing news (but also very early) and surely something to follow over the next weeks/months . The attack is really creative (as so many are) as it attacks CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) via HDMI using this as a trigger for the exploit, So yes, that looks like a hardware modification is needed for at very least the execution and then with some other software magic from fail0verflow the exploit is launched and unofficial code execution is then possible. Additional information and more precise details can be seen in the official write-up (linked at bottom of this page, along with the 3 previous write-up in the PS4 AUX HAX series by fail0verflow.
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