inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoNintendo Switch 2 Hacked in 48 Hours — But Here’s Why It’s Just the Beginninginfosecwriteups.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down18
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minus-squaresimple@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up89arrow-down1·4 days ago Let’s get one thing straight: the Switch 2 isn’t fully jailbroken. Buchanan achieved what’s called a userland ROP chain. That means he gained limited code execution within a non-privileged process — not full system control. For anyone who got excited like I was…
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·4 days agoIt’s still exciting. If you can run arbitrary code, you can probe the system for vulnerabilities.
minus-squaresimple@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 days agoIt’s a step but we’re still probably a long ways off from bypassing the tamper protection PS happy cake day
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoYeah, who knows. But it’s the first step toward a larger exploit. Huh, I forgot cake days were a thing. Thanks!
For anyone who got excited like I was…
It’s still exciting. If you can run arbitrary code, you can probe the system for vulnerabilities.
It’s a step but we’re still probably a long ways off from bypassing the tamper protection
PS happy cake day
Yeah, who knows. But it’s the first step toward a larger exploit.
Huh, I forgot cake days were a thing. Thanks!