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With Easter on the way things are definitely hoppin in the PS4 hacking scene, and following confirmation of PS4 4.50 Kernel R/W Access and his recent updates PlayStation 4 developer @CTurt sent word on Twitter that he's updated from 1.76 to 4.06 OFW (Official Firmware) to test out the recent JailbreakMe PS4 4.0x exploit!
When asked by @flex0 why he didn't take the plunge to 4.07 instead of going only to 4.06 @CTurt replied with the following explanation, to quote:
"4.06 is the version Luca is on, and I wanted to test out his stuff. 4.07 has the same bugs though."
PlayStation 4 modders Swaqq, Sabotage and Blasts Mods shared a demonstration video today on Blasts Mods YouTube Channel of their PS4 Advanced Warfare Mod Menu for 1.76 consoles.
Check out the CoD: Advanced Warfare mod menu demo below, and to quote from blasts on NGU:
Hey guys, Swaqq, Sabotage and me (Blasts Mods) have been working on modding Advanced Warfare in the past 2 days on PS4 and so far we have been able to do a lot.
Here's a video of the host menu that Swaqq made:
I have also made a tool for rtm modding, here's a gif:
Also Sabotage made a peek/poke tool using ptrace through sockets (using payload):
Credits:
Swaqq
Sabotage
Blasts Mods
Cheers to @HydrogenNGU for the heads up on Twitter!
Last week PlayStation 4 developer qwertyoruiopz made available a JailbreakMe PS4 4.0x Webkit exploit for OFW 3.55 through 4.07, and over this weekend he received an invite from the Rebug Team while sharing progress updates leading to confirmation of a 0day 4.50 kernel exploit obtaining R/W (Read / Write) access!
For those on PS4 Firmware 4.07 or below you can use the JailbreakMe PS4 4.0x Exploit to gain userland access, and users on System Software 4.50 can rest assured a 0day 4.50 kernel exploit also exists although there is no user-level entry point for 4.50 OFW reported publicly as of yet.
Also keep in mind PlayStation 4 scene developers may decide to hold off disclosing the 0day PS4 4.50 kernel exploit much like the PS4 Pro 0day Exploit that...
Here's to hoping everyone is having a nice April Fool's Day today, and while it wouldn't qualify as an April 1st joke since the Tweet is dated 8:17 PM - 31 Mar 2017 yesterday @evilsperm of Team Rebug sent word to JailbreakMe PS4 4.0x exploit developer qwertyoruiopz inviting him to join their private PS4Dev channel to share information privately.
Here's what the Tweet states, to quote: "@qwertyoruiopz we would like to extend an invite to our private PS4DEV chan and share some knowledge, shoot me a DM for more info. ^^ rebug"
When asked earlier today, qwertyoruiopz has yet to reply on the invitation publicly but hopefully they decide to collaborate in some capacity.
Keep in mind at this point it's just an invitation for qwertyoruiopz to join Team Rebug's PS4Dev channel to talk, and if they decide to exchange knowledge among one another it wouldn't necessarily mean a new PlayStation 4 jailbreak or PS4 CFW would result.