Security engineer found a major vulnerability in the PS console, the CD-ROM can execute arbitrary code in the system

According to the latest report, security engineers have discovered a major vulnerability in the PS series consoles. At the Hardwear.io security conference today, security engineer Andy Nguyen disclosed a PS4|5 security flaw. The vulnerability allows arbitrary code execution on PS4 and PS5 systems through the use of discs, which would also give hackers an opportunity.

According to his PPT presentation, the exploit could theoretically also work on PS3 consoles. It also quickly caught the attention of prominent figures in the modding community, with some comparing it to the PS2’s FreeDVDBoot, a tool that lets games run on burned backup discs without any modifications to the console, in contrast to the engineer’s The vulnerabilities found are similar.

So far, Sony has not officially responded to this vulnerability, please pay attention to follow-up reports.

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