Hacking jamais vu - a 1.0.0 TrustZone code execution exploit for the Nintendo Switch

[XxShalevElimelechxX]

I don't think we yet know if the 2.0 exploit also works on 4.x. If it does, the exploit needs to be kept secret until Nintendo patches it and it would be foolish to release information about it now.

But I didn't talk about 4.x, I've talked about 2.x..

 

[RayD97]

What a golden spot everything is in. Switch is doing fantastic and we have this now!

 

[Deleted-355425]

Maybe not for another 6 - 12 months, but it will come out eventually. It's all about patience

TX will release before that for those users

 

[taxco]

Good work guys, congrats

 

[Break_The_Beat]

Congratz, good work

 

[SLiV3R]

Wow. This is huge news!

Great work man!

 

[FliP0x]

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Well, as a lot of users, I prefer a soft (and free solution), but even paying for it (don't know how...) keep in mind an hardware mod has a price, and if it's the way TX team chose, well, they couldn't predict how fast develpment was going to be.
In a sense, even if SciresM does what he does as a hobby, he doesn't want people to screw their consoles with a f*****d up solder job, he knows every bit of his hack and knows how harmful or harmless it can get, and maybe, I'm theorizing that maaaaaaaybe, having TX in the run for hax made progresses go as fast as it's going now.

So in a sense : Thanks TX team (and if anyone has to be fucked it's the tiny solderers for tiny motherboards )

Come on! almost a news everyday, I never saw that, and when homebrew will appear, it's going to be a real news fest!!! we may have the ultimate gaming handheld system right now, those who wish piracy will have piracy, but beside of that, having CFW so early opens the door to a PSP equivalent in terms of customization, control, and homebrews (I presume...I read about the PSP scene but never owned one).

Anyway, thanks for everyone involved in the scene, thanks to SciresM, and thanks for all the important names that are not daily quoted in gbatemp or Discord.

Let's share knowledge! it's the first scene I follow where you have so much details and encouraged to be involved in! When you see what Nintendo is going to do with its Nintendo labo, wait to see what the homebrew comunity will do, not just pongs clones and doom ports...

The PSP scene was great, I really enjoyed and gladly look back to the times. The PSP still is the best emulation handheld to this day, soon to be replaced with the switch.

 

[Kioku]

Great, now let the speculation begin. Oh, wait.
Great news though!

 

[SnAQ]

Ok, i apologize for my behavior regarding my anti-piracy stance and I'll take that elsewhere from now on.

My biggest concern is the eventual cheaters that'll ruin online for everyone.

And yes, this is for 1.0.0 but the Wii U had a working firmware spoofer.

Again, i apologize for my behavior and toxic attitude.

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[the_randomizer]

Ever read the rules of this forum?

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Yes, but that only forbids the distribution of pirated material, it doesn't say we can't talk about it. But calling people "morons" over grammatical errors, no offense, is a douchey thing to say. You can be anti-piracy all you want, but please don't try to force others to follow, people are allowed to have whatever stance they want on piracy.

Where does it say in the rules that piracy discussion isn't allowed?

Sharing links and warez = no dice
Discussing and mentioning it = within the TOS

People are allowed to pirate however they will, outside of the forums, who are you to tell us what we can or can't do outside the Temp?

 

[FliP0x]

Cheating has nothing to do with piracy.

Cheating is mainly abusing game systems with 3rd party tools or software, while piracy is running game backups without owning the actual game.

 

[the_randomizer]

Ohh shit, don't i feel like shit now.

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Cheating isn't pirating, cheating is the modifying of a game's memory addresses/offsets. Hacking, yes, but not pirating. Big difference. Your sheer toxicity to the discussion, name-calling for mistakes, just lay off the pills for a while.

Pirating = distribution of illegally copied media
Cheating = modification of a game's data to gain unfair advantage

How are those related again?

 

[Kioku]

Ok, i apologize for my behavior regarding my anti-piracy stance and I'll take that elsewhere from now on.

My biggest concern is the eventual cheaters that'll ruin online for everyone.

And yes, this is for 1.0.0 but the Wii U had a working firmware spoofer.

Again, i apologize for my behavior and toxic attitude.

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I hope Nintendo has a zero tolerance stance on cheating this time around.. I doubt it, but i agree. Cheating in online was an issue before.. Don't need it now.

 

[cearp]

I hope Nintendo has a zero tolerance stance on cheating this time around.. I doubt it, but i agree. Cheating in online was an issue before.. Don't need it now.

i think cheaters in splatoon get banned, many games now/in the last few years implement checking for cheaters so it's not really something.
even if your system gets completely overrun with piracy, you can still do server side checks to make sure the client's data is legit.

 

[leonmagnus99]

My biggest concern is the eventual cheaters that'll ruin online for everyone.

i understand this concern of yours , i had this issue with MK8 once on WiiU ,it was disgusting what happened.
thankfully it happened only once but it ruined the game mood for me completely.

i dislike cheaters.
(most of them are kids though,who want to mess with other people).

well let's hope they wont ruin the online gaming on the switch.

and about your behaviour, i think it is your right to write your complaints at times, but i think i saw you in many threads..
i dont think it will become that bad for the switch in terms of all this hacking.

it will still do well , but cheaters do suck.

 

[Hondyn]

Maybe not for another 6 - 12 months, but it will come out eventually. It's all about patience

I would very much like to know where these people take these estimated times out of, maybe a crystal ball, maybe something else? If you know heck about what you talking, just be quiet please. So many people updated their switch because of comment s like yours in the past saying the switch wouldnt be hacked in at least 3 years and stuff so please, if you have nothing concrete to talk about, back the hell off and stop influencing those who have no knowledge.

 

[Jiro2]

But I didn't talk about 4.x, I've talked about 2.x..

If the same exploit works for 2.x and 4.x, and they release the exploit for 2.x, Nintendo will then patch it on 4.x. We don't want that to happen.

 

[Scarlet]

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On a more related note, I'm really looking forward to seeing what's yet to come for the Switch. Homebrew has me excited!

 

[V-Temp]

If the same exploit works for 2.x and 4.x, and they release the exploit for 2.x, Nintendo will then patch it on 4.x. We don't want that to happen.

It's not about the exploit working so much as it is our ability to leverage it, and how Nintendo mitigates against the bug. Ya, maybe we could eventually because it may still be there but you need some way to poke it.

Don't take 4.x for granted and DO NOT upgrade beyond it. And in general if you want homebrew in the near term don't be on 4.x.

Take this report for instance, technically it's still a flaw. But it's been mitigates by burying it to the point of inaccessibility. When we say Nintendo is working hard to mitigate nVidia's stream of fuck ups, this is what we mean.

 

[XxShalevElimelechxX]

If the same exploit works for 2.x and 4.x, and they release the exploit for 2.x, Nintendo will then patch it on 4.x. We don't want that to happen.

Well, SciresM himself has stated that the 2.x TZ exploit works on 3.x, but AFAIK 4.x only has privet userland exploit, and if you want to check for TZ exploits you need to have kernel access first.
Maybe the exploit still works for 4.x, maybe not. We'll see. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(Not that I care, I have 2 switches haha).