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CTurt releases a new exploit… for the PS2!

BY WOLOLO · OCTOBER 13, 2019

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CTurt releases a new

exploit… for the PS2!
13 OCT, 2019 Hacker CTurt, known for the
very first publicly disclosed
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2016, dropped a new exploit
released with better
animated boot logo support, on the scene yesterday. The
Electry releases PS2 scene, that is.
NoPowerLimits; No Blur Mod
for TLZ: Link’s Awakening on Not so many people might
the Switch released
still be interested in hacking
14 OCT, 2019
the almost-20-year old
PSVita Release: VideoDebug console, but this kind of
released which allows the
release is always interesting, at least from the technical aspect. It’s also
Videos App to play videos
directly from ux0:/data – compatible with Slim consoles, which is not the case* of the popular
QCMA is no longer needed to FreeMcboot exploit.
play videos in the native app!
12 OCT, 2019 The released exploit leverages Yabasic, a BASIC interpreter that ship
with the PS2 on Demo discs, some of which were directly released with
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released with DLC/PSX RAP new consoles in the PAL region. If you own a PS2 that you bought new
support, PSN issue fix and in Europe, it is likely you have one of those Demo discs, and that you x
more; Qwertyoruiopz doing
can run Yabasic. And therefore, run the exploit.
lots of progress with
checkm8 exploit and

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managed to get code x
execution in user mode How the Yabasic exploit works
10 OCT, 2019
The Yabasic exploit relies on some vulnerabilities in the Yabasic
melonDS for the Switch gets interpreter. CTurt has written a tool that lets one convert a payload into
JIT support allowing most 2D
a matching Yabasic piece of code that you load through Yabasic. Pretty
games and some 3D to run
without overclocking & Gears straightforward. The Yabasic vulnerabilities involved are “old school”
Of Kombat homebrew game buffer/integer overflows that Cturt describes in a detailed writeup. It’s
(UDK Ultimate) for PS3,
reasonably easy to understand since the PS2 did not have all of the
XBOX 360 and PC is out
15 OCT, 2019 modern security mechanisms that exist on modern consoles.

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The hacker outlines the benefits of his exploit as follows: it runs on all
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consoles, including the latest Slim models. It can therefore either be
Mi Box Oreo and Kodi, how to fix External used as an entry point for the FreeMcBoot loader, or as the starting
HDD issue (NTFS/ExFat)
point for other developments to hack Slim consoles. (FreeMcBoot is not
Did you find this secret website in the working* on recent slim consoles, and needs an entry point to be
Ghostbusters trailer? initially installed on a memory card)

Yes, Ezoic actually doubles your adsense On the cons of this hack is the fact that Yabasic was only ever released
revenue… if you’re willing to make these on PAL consoles, meaning if you’re on NTSC you’re probably out of luck
tradeoffs for now.

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The PS4 is rapidly becoming the living room Yabasic
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The Demo discs with Yabasic can easily be found on Ebay for about
$10. Again, these are for PAL consoles

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content Manager assistant them into full-fledged user friendly exploits (either to load FreeMcBoot x
How to get your hands on a PS4 with 4.05 or something else). With this in mind, you can download CTurt’s Yabasic
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