BREAKING NEWS - Hello Brave New World (2.0-2.8 tiff exploit)All PSP Firmwares Cracked

Straight from www.noobz.eu

Finally, it's here! As of today, the world of homebrew is no longer restricted to owners of Grand Theft Auto.

Following the publication of a new proof of concept TIFF vulnerability by NOPx86, a team of PSP developers has been working hard to turn it into an opening for homebrew on the PSP. We're pleased to announce that the wait is over, with the release of a Hello World demo that runs on all PSP firmwares that are capable of viewing TIFF images!

You can see a photo of it in action

http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/hw_all.jpg

To install, just unpack the ZIP file to your PSP's PHOTO folder, and then attempt to view hello_world.tif. Hello World will launch automatically. You may find that occasionally the full screen doesn't show - this is a known problem, just restart your PSP by holding the power button until it turns off, then open the image again. To quit, hold the power button until the PSP turns off.

So what happens next? This shows that we can run code via this exploit. It won't be too hard to develop an eLoader that can use this exploit on v2.0 - v2.6. v2.7+ will be harder, due to extra security, but will happen a little later. Kernel mode is unavailable on v2.8, but it is likely that a downgrader is possible on all other firmwares. But then, with the possibility of kernel homebrew running without the need for a game UMD, why would you need to downgrade?

Full credit is given in the Hello World, but repeated here: Thanks to NOPx86 for the initial proof of concept on the x86 processor, and psp250, Skylark, Joek2100, CSwindle, JimP and Fanjita for the PSP work. Thanks also to Ditlew, HarleyG and our families for general support during this work.

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Thanx for the news kramer!!!
sniff,sniffle,I love you guys!!!!!

Yeah this is big news soon everyone will have 1.5 and hopefully booster decrypts the 2.8 reboot.bin so we can have 2.8 devhook.

You think ta-082's will be able to downgrade with this?
Maybe if we patched 1.5 to appear as if it is higher firmware,version spoof maybe?
It'd be nice to run everything in kernel mode with the highest firmware possible:)
Heck we don't even need to devhook 2.8 yet!
Thanx again for the news kramer,I've been waiting for this:)

I have 2.7 I hope to god that a downgrader or eboot loader comes swiftly

Yeah with Ookm's method.

I haven't heard much news from ookm's corner lately,hopefully he streamlines his downgrade process.

downgrading past 2.5 on a ta-082 will ALWAYS be fatal, not because they cant get the update to run....but once the firmware is installed and boots up, it sees there is something wrong (ta-082's purpose) and it becomes a brick.

somehow ookm is able to downgrade original 2.5 ta-082's, but besides that ta-082 will still be on the same boat, but hey! eboot loader w/ no gta!

Yeah now people dont have to worry about stupid patched gta bs.

WOOOT, i cant believe this isnt on the front news page!!!
:D my theory is that the tiff viewer will be gone from the next firmware due to 'security issues' lol

but would sony leave it in... as if they take it out, it mite cause less ppl to upgrade as they loose the tiff viewer?

Has anyone checked out the hello world it's pretty cool.

Just tried it out with devhook+2.71,all I have to say is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!:D

It is pretty cool. Works on my emulated 2.71, though it needs a hard reset to shut off (I couldn't figure out another way).

Another sucky Monday for the angry tech guys at Sony.

Long live psp homebrew!

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Originally Posted by Edshugeo

It is pretty cool. Works on my emulated 2.71, though it needs a hard reset to shut off (I couldn't figure out another way).

Another sucky Monday for the angry tech guys at Sony.

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hahaha

"I think we finaly did it men..an unbeatable firmwa-

What the f*** is that?...... God damnit."

Yeah sony would be getting pissed of now that link on pspconnect wont be there much longer.

lol,this is beginning of something wonderful.
If the guys at sony already have their new firmware ready,they probably crapped themselves,unless of course the vulnerability is known to them.From what I understand from the readme it's based on a x86 exploit.
Imagine higher firmwares with custom firmware flashed to them.

yeh proper pleased for this, the Tiff was always a problem for sony and hopefully this will make then see sence...

...sorry did I say hopefully lol, well just another of sony's faults :)

Here comes firmware 2.81 :P

Freaking awesome news though!!!!

Lets hope fanjita has an eloader out tomorrow for those who are missing out on our fabulous homebrew!

NO more 2.80 and being sony's bitch to all!

WOW!! what else can i say? its like hackers-50 and Sony-0, lol, im so happy those dudes found an exploit, sony will be crapping their pants once they hear about these news!! yay!!! ^o^

Well I just downloaded Libtiff so might as well have a read of this tiff file and see what the exploit really is about :)

I think that this is awesome, and now demands that all people that have said degrading things like "stupid noob, the Tiff exploit was fixed" can go suck an egg (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!) and just the fact that we may have kernel mode up to 2.7 F/W is awesome :D

to be honest maybe this should of came out when the firmware with ps1 emulator is with it cause now sony would probably just take away tiff for the next firmware..

:eek:THIS IS SO FREAKING GREAT:D But Sony Will Start Working On A File that Will Automatic Upgrade Ur psp Or something But Since the PS1 Emulater will come out this will be a break through..Awsome

Beautifully done! I look forward to the loader.

(I've been without PSP homebrew for sooooo long... I even considered buying a GP2X to fill that gap!)

So what's this about some PSPs not being able to use this exploit? How can you tell if it's safe to run the exploit on your system?

JR

Good news. I knew 2.8 wasn't foolproof. But the only problem is that this patch will probably be blocked in the version with PS1 games.

I bet Sony is gona try to assasignate the dev's and blame it on a crazy firmware explosion lol.hope not but wow dev's can't be stopped, they are like terminators on steroids.

Geez I love my timing

I upgraded to 2.71 cus homebrew was going slow, 2.6 downgrader comes out next day

Spent 40 on a new 1.5 so i could use all the delicious homebrew

And of course a few days later this happens

Kill me

Good news I guess but why now:mad: ! These guys should have kept this under the radar untill 3.0, oh well I guess homebrew for all.

lol i dont want homebrew for all

as mean as it sounds, i worked hard for my 1.5, why should idiots enjoy the wonderful (not allowed to say in forums) i do

ROFL i smell a 2.81 within a week!!

Heh, time to play your cards right...

OK! What 2 things are Sony relying on, to make people want to upgrade their firmware?

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

&

PS1 Emulator.

They are the only 2 interesting things in the barrel... Therefore it's safe to assume Sony do NOT want to screw up the firmware required to run these 2 things.
If they are smart, they will try 1 at a time... Releasing a firmware with the PS1 emulator that also supports GTA:VCS would be suicide, because if it gets cracked, they lose their only weapons against the tantalizing world of homebrew.
If they screw it up, they'll have to wait till GTA:SAS before they have a chance of people actually wanting to upgrade again :p

Funny stuff.

This looks awesome, though yeah, maybe we should see what Sony's next move is?
Nah screw it, whatever they do, Homebrew will prevail :cool:

This is only a proof of concept. There's no garauntee that kernel access will be possible at all and this exploit can be just as unreliable and memory hoggish as the previous TIFF exploit.

i literaly pissed myself when i saw this,,,,lol jk or am i? no seriously, im kidding, but now i can keep the psp i feel attached to for homebrew

interesting...lol

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Originally Posted by djk21108

lol i dont want homebrew for all

as mean as it sounds, i worked hard for my 1.5, why should idiots enjoy the wonderful (not allowed to say in forums) i do

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Dude, dont be bitch, some of us got psp that cant downgrade or upgraded before we knew what we were doing, on some fronts, i agree, people with 2.8 fw asking for a downgrader or whinning about there problems is annoying, but do you think you could show a little group spirit and be happy for those of us with the disabilitys that come 2.7+

Honestly this is great news I just wish that it could have waited a month or two. Because if sony missed this exploit through like 5 firmwares they still probably wouldnt have realized it for 3.0. Allowing us to atleast have user mode homebrew on 3.0. Who knows maybe 3.0 will bring a better exploit.

Hot damn, sony can't keep up.
LMAOROFL!1!

well, this is all fine and good, but i think im still gonna buy Ape Escape: On The Loose on tuesday