Author Topic: Webkit exploit for PS4's running 5.05 released alongside a jailbreak for PS4's on 4.5  (Read 264 times)

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All PS4 users running version 4.55 will be delighted to know that a full jailbreak for the version has been released, along with an exploit for 5.05Developer AlexZzZ recently released a proof of concept exploit for PS4's running version 5.01. This exploit was later independently confirmed to also work on 5.05 by mathieulh. This combined with Qwertyuiop's release of a kernel exploit for 4.55 recently has allowed for a full jailbreak for 4.55 to be created.This exploit relies on a recently discovered Webkit vulnerability, CVE-2017-7005. This is the same vulnerability which was used by Team Reswitched for the Nintendo Switch. It is possible that the exploit for the PS4 was ported over from the one already created for the Nintendo Switch.In order to have a fully functional jailbreak, there are two exploits needed. One is a usermode exploit which gives limited code execution control, and the other is a kernel exploit which gives privilege escalation allowing for full access to the s...

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