Gaming Surprise Exploit in FW 5.03

[SpAM_CAN]

Yahooo!

The prospect of running homebrew on PSP-3000 units is rapidly inching closer, as homebrew developer MaTiAz has released a TIFF-based exploit in the form of a “Hello World,” proof of concept application.

The exploit is run from the PSP’s photo menu, taking advantage of a vulnerability found in the TIFF image library. Should be quite a familiar process if you were around back in the heyday of the PSP scene, when software-based downgraders were all the rage. Nonetheless, installation instructions can be found in the included readme file. Note that the current version will function only on PSP-1000 units. A separate release is being prepared for Slim models, specifically the PSP-2000 and PSP-3000.

MaTiAZ notes that “a bit of awesomeness” is due out within the coming days, so keep your eyes peeled. After a long wait, the gates to homebrew access on firmware 5.03 have been opened up.

Source: http://www.mformature.net/2009/04/13/firmw...ploit-released/

 

[mcp2]

waiting patiently for some awesomeness.

 

[JohnCena11]

come on get working on hacking the 3000!!

 

[elixirdream]

awesomeness = custom firmware?
hahahaha

 

[mcp2]

Hopefully lol, this is also confirmed to work on 5.02 on the 3000.

 

[thedicemaster]

awesomeness = custom firmware?
hahahaha

nope.
we are still a long way from CFW, but there's a good chance we can get a HEN.
a HEN is basicly a CFW that boots from the memory stick using an exploit, intead of replacing the original FW on the FW chip.

 

[Smartpal]

What's actually different in 5.03?

 

[SpAM_CAN]

Uhhhh.... the number?

 

[jan777]

apparently captain obvious strikes again

i suppose "it improves system stability in the use of some software"

 

[xist]

It patches the Gripshift buffer overflow.

 

[bozzer123]

has any awsomeness happened yet?

 

[purplesludge]

Nope you can find more out here.
http://forums.mformature.net/showthread.php?t=2380