PS4 hack: Developer Zer0xFF releases dlclose exploit source
We had the technical writeup from CTurt, and the “confirmation” from bigboss. Today developer Zer0xFF put things together and released the source code for a proof of concept of the dlclose kernel exploit for the PS4. In other words, if you have a 1.76 PS4, you’re getting closer to a PS4 jailbreak, or to running Linux on your PS4.
This goes without saying, but this is not a CFW, it will not magically let you run pirated PS4 games. This is just one step closer for those of you with reasonable coding skills, who are trying to hack their PS4. You’ll need to be able to compile this and run it on your PS4. We give lots of details on how to do this in this article. That’s pretty much the same except you’ll use the dlclose exploit instead of the BadIRET one. (People have said that the dlclose exploit is cleaner and easier to handle).
From a scene perspective, it’s also good to see that more and more people are confirming the exploit and working on it.
Zer0xFF mentions that he got help from bigboss, but also from Twisted, whom you might remember for his Remote Play PC work. There’s more than a handful of people building on top off CTurt‘s work right now, which is promising.
Bigboss also hinted that he might release something for the sceen soon (ETA might be his birthday which is next week) , which I assume could be the exploit in a compiled way and potentially more user friendly.
If you’re a dev looking for help in building this, we also have a thread on /talk to get help on running the exploits on your PS4. Feel free to join.
Seems like these are good times to own a PS4 running firmware 1.76
Download the PS4 dlclose exploit
You can download Zer0xFF’s work on his github here. Keep in mind that this is the source code, it will be useless to you if you’re not a dev.
Also remember that a kernel exploit, especially in the early stages like this, is a dangerous tool: you could brick your PS4 if you handle this incorrectly. Understand that this is work in progress stuff from people who are willing to share their work with the scene in an open way. Don’t make them regret it!
Source: playstationhax.it, thanks to @isset_asset
Cant wait for people to start complaining about not been able to run pirated content, and asking if it can do so because they refused to read the article, first by the way
Agreed, this will happen
It always does, seems your website attracts people who are completely inept with the English language and basic reading skills. It even has a on the GitHub page that states this doesn’t allow to use custom firmware.
I forgot to mention there will probably be a slew of comments shouting FIRST!!!!!!!!!!! despite the number of comments already on the page. Last bu not least, there will be comments replying to people who aren’t actually first with derogatory comments regarding their mother/father and his/her nocturnal activities.
Can I have a cfw 3.51 please ? Oh with multiman 2 ps4 edition and the ability to go online undetected LOL just kidding
I do wish to see something cool coming this year though , Smyth anything that gets us hyped
There is a cfw? *hurray*
Where? Please share a link to the usb one click installer setup. 🙂
Hey wololo, I have noticed the little ‘post’ attached on all the articles stating that you are always looking for people who enjoy writing and have a strong interest in the console hacking scene, while I have not had an enormously strong interest in it since the late days of the PSP I still believe that I could contribute a fair bit to the scene as I am Networking Engineer/Penetration Tester (hacker for hire more less) and have a masters in Advanced Cryptography and Algorithmic Theory. I would be happy to write an article here and there provided a topic relating to cryptography or hacking/network security and nearly every aspect relating to PC hardware and gaming.
If you would like to get into better contact with me then I am sure you can see the email I am using for this comment.
I look forward to possibly hearing from you and if you cannot get into contact with me from the email attached to this comment or if you can’t simply see it then reply to this comment and we might be able to talk privately over an IRC or something of the sort.
I am interested more in ‘hacking’ scene than (pirated) games so I am looking forward to seeing your articles
Next week, the 1st bricked PS4 ! 🙂
yay, 1$oz
F**k 1.76
Can this play copied games? 🙂
Good things are coming to us, end users (:
Hm, wonder if downgrading a PS4 would be possible, since I doubt many stayed on 1,76
Bought another PS4 for just this reason! Can’t wait
piracy is like a …
an early kingdom …
first its a early democrazy
then stuff happens …
then its a rights state
more stuff happens …
then its a extreme right state …
more stuff happens …
then its a free state aka piracy 😉
exploits lead to the free state somehow or another tho :p
I know piracy isn’t something to be glorified and create hacks and exploits could ruin an actual career for the devs that work on the hack and exploits that lead to piracy, but I hope Wololo and the devs that create and distribute initial homebrew enabling techinques that leads to piracy aren’t treating it as an actual evil. Are they just frustrated at how many people ask about enabling piracy?
I’ve seen more proof that DRM free software gets supported quite a bit more over locked down games. Heck, Minecraft is one of the easiest games to pirate and it’s topped over 20M sales.
I’m 1.76.
And what else ??