Article Title: Sony PS4 Firmware 4.55 Opens Possibilities According to Hacker
Original Release Date: April 12th. 2017
Author: Wololo
Source: Wololo
Quote via WOLOLO:
Earlier today, PS4 firmware 4.55 was released. As often, the official changelog hasn’t been giving much details besides the typical “improves the quality of the system performance”. Well, at least it’s not a stability update, so there’s that? Of course, what it probably means is an attempt to patch some security holes in the firmware.
Hacker Qwertyoruiop, who has been front left and right of the scene lately as he released a Webkit exploit for firmware 4.07 and below (then stated he has a Kernel exploit on firmware 4.50), said: “sony updated webkit enough for fun stuff to be doable”.
In a tweet a few weeks ago, he had mentioned that he was in possession of some recent Webkit exploits that wouldn’t work on PS4 because PS4’s version of Webkit was too old. It sounds to me that his statement today directly relates to that old tweet.
Not much is known on PS4 Firmware update 4.55 at this point. Qwertyoruiop has not clarified if his 4.50 Kernel Exploit still works on firmware 4.55 (although this is likely, given how recent that kernel exploit is, and assuming nothing’s leaked. In my experience, it’s unlikely Sony would patch a kernel exploit and release an update that fast).
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