Renowned for his work in the PSVita scene, TheFlow has extended his contribution into the PS4 scene. Last night, he announced a new kernel exploit he found on the PS4 firmware 7.02. He further mentions that this vulnerability can be combined with a Webkit exploit for firmwares up to 6.72; hinting at the potential Jailbreak.

Here you are, https://t.co/cdVyvdqGZ6, PS4 kernel exploit for FW 7.02 and below. Vulnerability discovered on 2019-06-09.

This must be chained together with a WebKit exploit, for example https://t.co/1BYe1aFGCe for FW 6.50.

— Andy Nguyen (@theflow0) July 6, 2020

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This exploit has, however, been patched in the PS4's 7.50 FW since TheFlow himself worked with Sony's HackerOne bounty program to expose this issue. For those looking for more technical details around the exploit, head to the HackerOne page right here to learn more.

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[yusuo]

Wait, what, this is huge news.

This could potentially make every game playable as the console is coming to EOL.

 

[fvig2001]

Wait, what, this is huge news.

This could potentially make every game playable as the console is coming to EOL.

Hopefully. TLOU2 is said to be 7.5, so maybe there's a way to workaround that if ever

 

[Prans]

PS4s on FW 7.02 prices going up on eBay in 3... 2... 1...

 

[yusuo]

PS4s on FW 7.02 prices going up on eBay in 3... 2... 1...

I don't see that happening, well not loads anyway. I imagine 99% of retail units will be below that firmware

 

[MasterJ360]

Still needs a webkit tho so its not really a full 7.02 release yet. The fact that Flow left the ps4 scene worries me alittle

 

[MiiJack]

TheFlow would retire after this right?

 

[Prans]

TheFlow would retire after this right?

yes that's what he said before

 

[Godofcheese]

TheFlow would retire after this right?

That is correct
Because of the toxic scene and kids demanding stuff for free from him

 

[SpaceMunkey]

Still needs a webkit tho so its not really a full 7.02 release yet. The fact that Flow left the ps4 scene worries me alittle

Webkit exploit up to 6.72 is already available to public.

 

[subcon959]

This is huge.

 

[uludag]

That is correct
Because of the toxic scene and kids demanding stuff for free from him

Big companies don't need to worry about piracy, just wait until the scene destroys itself :/

 

[Prans]

correction: exploit patched on FW 7.50 and not 7.51 like the original post mentioned. this has been corrected

thanks @rlvbrussel for pointing it out!

 

[MasterJ360]

Webkit exploit up to 6.72 is already available to public.

yeah I know just not 7.0.2

 

[Lazyboss]

I've lost interest in the exploit after waiting all these years.
Besides, most of my time I spend it on Dreams so I can't just stop updating.

 

[WeAreVenom]

never forget the people crying over him getting paid for his time and effort spent with this

 

[MiiJack]

So 6.72 is the "latest" hackable PS4. When was that roughly?

 

[chocoboss]

That's pretty cool, I have 2 PS4, the first is 7.00, the second is 7.51 *-*

 

[MasterJ360]

So 6.72 is the "latest" hackable PS4. When was that roughly?

It was announced yesterday : twitter post above.

 

[MiiJack]

It was announced yesterday : twitter post above.

So June of last year?