PS4 hack: Mathieulh states he has a 5.53 Kernel exploit
If you’ve been keeping your PS4 on firmware 5.05 or lower, stop reading right now: SpecterDev announced a few hours ago that a PS4 5.05 Jailbreak release will happen in the next few weeks. But if you’re one of the poor souls who are stuck on firmware 5.50, 5.53, or above, you might want to keep reading.
Mathieulh, known for his contributions to the PSP and PS3 scenes, has recently been sharing a few bits and pieces of information on PS4 hacking. Earlier today, he shared on twitter something that indicates he was able to dump and decrypt firmware 5.53, hinting he likely has access to a 5.53 Kernel exploit.
As often, this information comes with little details, and in particular no word of a release. To the people who asked, Mathieulh replied that when you’re not happy about hackers keeping their exploits private for some time, the best (only?) thing you can do about it is to start learning about hacking yourself.
Granted, hacking a console is way more difficult today than it was 10 years ago.
In the twitter thread, the developer has commented on the upcoming 5.05 jailbreak release, stating there were good reasons it took some time (even if it is right around the corner now). A logical interpretation is that the hackers wanted the SDK to be ready. The same statement was made by Qwertyoruiop later today.
In the same tweet, he said “Keep in mind that a 4.55 exploit chain was published not long ago, so things do get shared”. As much as people get frustrated by the delay in releases, it’s important to understand that in order to find more exploits, hackers always have to keep at least one exploit private at a given time, so that they can reuse it to investigate further firmwares. There’s also a different level of implications for a hacker who would publish an exploit on the latest firmware (a zero day) versus an exploit for an older firmware. Even though legally a company like Sony could probably find good reasons to at least threaten a hacker in both cases, a public zero day hack (i.e., today, that would mean a hack on firmware 5.53) would damage their business way more than a hack released for an older firmware.
What’s in it for the End user?
What’s in this announcement for the scene is hope, pretty much. If you’re on 5.50 or 5.53, you now know that a kernel exploit exists for your firmware.
Source: Mathieulh
Today PS4 scene is on fire again 🙂
Good work all devs!
only work confirmed is Specter´s but not this frenchie who just gives “hints” same like in PS3 scene – he either releases or better *** 😉
It’s his code, he can do whatever he damn well pleases with it.
Why do he have to tease like a wh0re and not deliver?
spok, please stop! Dont be an annoying noob!
Of all the websites to use “Frenchie” in a derogatory way…
Hopefully Mathieulh has changed. When i knew him in the ps3 days he just loved the sound of his voice. 90% announcements 10% releases. Like an attention ***. Like I said, hopefully he has changed.
this guy is full of ***, since like 5 years
What about if I am on 5.53-01, is the exploit fixed in this case?
I hope this one isn’t patched for a little while. 5.05 makes it easy enough for anyone to get hold of and should do for a good while IMO, then hopefully late in the year/early next something new is available.
“Oh no someone else is getting attention for his 5.05 release! Talk about me instead!!”
This so much.
People says “hackers owe you nothing,stop complaining and bothering them” and I agree…but then why they brag on twitter “hey guise I have an exploit for xxx I’m the ***” just for then to go “geez guise,I’m not releasing anything >.< stop bothering me on twitter,you hurt my feelings".
If you don't want to be bothered about your exploit and use it for research purposes only, then DON'T PUBLISH IT ON TWITTER,if you publish it it's because you're going to release a tool for the final user to take advantage of it…that you can brag about as much as you want.
Seriously,a lot of hackers are attention whores.
Exactly
Moar free gamez
I hope it works on 5.53-01 I updated it the other day to play online :/
Seriously ? I dont care about the online.. never was and never will. Online sucks! I love to play offline so I can watch the ending and be proud!
Guys, don’t party just yet.
That dude doesn’t like to share. If you think qwertyuiop is bad, this guy is WAY worse.
ahah *** get away
same as he was on ps3 scene all talk no release and takes credit for other peoples work 🙂
PU55Y W1LL0W PU55Y W1LL0W PU55Y W1LL0W
NO HE DOESN’T
Why bother reporting on this? Did you forget what he did in the ps3 scene? Claims he had anexploit and would release it but never did and admitted to having nothing
Mathieulh never changes. Bragged about having a kernel exploit post 3.55 for the PS3 years ago and didn’t release jack ***. Everyone should ignore him
Mathieulh……. um, ya, cause this guy is well known for being a team player.
I just need play god of war 4 just this
When did mathieulh start becoming reputable again? Guy ruined his own reputation years ago
What did he do?
I know why some hackers don’t share, and Wololo makes a good point about holding exploits back for future use. However “do it yourself” is just not a good response. If you’re the kind of hacker who won’t share their work, maybe not make a point of raising awareness of it on social media either? Rather than getting everyone else’s hopes up. It’s the console scene equivalent of a girl being a cocktease and her telling you if you want to achieve the same result you should do it yourself. Not a perfect metaphor but yeah, that’s what I take away from it.
@wololo, >Mathieulh, known for his contributions to the PSP and PS3 scenes,
You know he is known for his drama and his attention whoring. He is so full of ***, you even wrote about the kakaroto issue.
He is lier
Meannwhile in the Nintendo scene:
//wololo.net/2018/04/25/day-flood-gates-opened-nintendo-switch-scene/
Good thing my Pro is on 5.05 and activated. Because it’s unlikely that anyone will ever benefit from those news… even if he’s actually saying the truth.
This guy never released exploit that he claims to have. Only after it’s leaked/release by others where he’ll claim credit. Don’t give him the attention.
You mean like this?
http://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/Dumping_Metldr
Or maybe like this ?
https://www.pspdevwiki.com/wiki/Prometheus
That’s just two contributions out of hundreds that I pulled out of the top of my head.
How about you get lost instead and come back when you’ve done something positive?
This guy never release anything. He is what you call an attention ***. In fact, he probably doesn’t have any exploit, he is lying.
No he deosn’t
Why do these hackers seem to think keeping their hacks private is the issue? Didn’t the Switch exploit show that is clearly not the case? The community just doesn’t want to hear about your achievements until you actually have something to show. You wouldn’t publish a paper without evidence and sources to back up your work so why on earth would you think its okay to go out to the community and basically say, “Hey, I got the latest and greatest exploit, no I don’t have a reason to tell you this information right now, I just wanted you all to know that I could do it, and I want you to like me because of it.”
Same here, I’m really disappointed in wololo to give this guy attention. He is just talk, he doesn’t have the collective thinking of sharing what he finds and make the community grow.
Because he’s lying for attention, he did this before years ago and people seem to have forgot.
Becuse Nin don’t go wild with lawsuits like Sony does.
Nobody wants to be under arrest for useful explloits.
So only outdated exploits with little to no impact on ps3 piracy scene are allowed.
Let’s not forget the time he conned people out of money to buy a dev unit and then did F all with it.
I never did such a thing, stop spreading lies. In fact I never asked for a single donation in my life.
Remember when you tweeted Sony directly with which offsets to look for with people on JB’d PS3 playing online ya snitch? Or when FailOverflow kept claiming you were a fraud who took credit for other people’s work?
lol
Because Sony sued Goehot. These guys don’t want to get on Sony’s bad side but they also want the fame so they don’t release things anonymously. Look at some of the biggest achievements of the PS3 scene after Geohot got sued, lv0 key is released anonymously. The PSV jailbreak was leaked anonymously. The Nintendo Switch bootrom hack was leaked anonymously. Fail0verflow would’ve never released the hack even after they disclosed to Nintendo. We can’t expect these devs to release these hacks publically (due to the possiblity of getting sued) but they also want fame which excluded the possiblity of them releasing it anonymously.
Sounds like PU55Y to me, and there’s only one thing to do about that
https://imgur.com/a/JhkDF
Look. it’s real. However, there will be a price. $14.99 through paypal for code to unlock.
Ok, when I can buy your product?
you accept bitcoin ?
DONT RELEASE I WILL FIND ONE AND RELEASE IT ANONYMOUSLY FREE YOUR A IDIOT AND ANYONE ELSE WHO SAYS THEY HAVE THIS OR THAT AND DOESNT BACK IT UP IT”S PRETTY SIMPLES PUT IT UP OR SHUT UP YOUR ALL LITTLE KID PLAYING RED WHITE OR BLACK HAT FAKE *** IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE SCENE RELEASE IM BORED OF ALL THE TALKERS RELEASE LATE *** COS THEY HAVENT GOT THE *** TO DO WHAT GEOHOT DID HE IS LEGENDARY BECAUSE THE *** HE HAD AND HIS COMMITMENT OPENING UP OUR PAYED HARDWARE TO USE AS WE SEE FIT YOU ALL NOT IN HIS LEAGUE YOU ALL SUCH PUSSIES OOOOEEWWWW I DONT WANT TO BE SUED REALLY GROW SOME
At least your seance of humor is still kicking.
am I the only waking making a difference beween “hinting he likely has access to a 5.53 Kernel exploit” and “states he has a 5.53 Kernel exploit”?
English isn’t my first language though
am I the only making a difference between “hinting he likely has access to a 5.53 Kernel exploit” and “states he has a 5.53 Kernel exploit”?
English isn’t my first language though
really sick of all the advertisers and blaggers bragging i got this cfw,kernel,kexploit if you had anything and really cared about opensource freedoms and free of console you would be sharing i think this is all *** and am currently tripping the ps4 board and am going to find all the access i can and publish it as i find it so others can build and help i started in the mid to late 80s and find millenial generation fame cravers and they have no love of freedom of knowledge when i first started in math (AKA)Coding if you have something publish it if not fock off and go and blow smoke up you own *** newbs