Pwn2Own: Hacked Internet Explorer 11, Chrome, Safari and Firefox

The second day of his Pwn2Own the security bypass of the four major programs is also over αποδείχθηκε one man show. Ένας από τους συμμετέχοντες hackers κατάφερε να παρακάμψει, τα μέτρα ασφαλείας των 11, and Safari earning a total of $225.000.Pwn2Own 1

Mozilla Firefox had already been violated by first day of the competition, but also the second the researcher ilxu1a managed to earn 15.000 dollars by exploit in a bug of the application.

However, the biggest rewards as mentioned above were managed by Junghoon Lee (lokihardt) from South Korea bypassing the security checks of Internet Explorer 11, Google Chrome and Safari. The researcher took about 30 minutes in each browser to present the zero-days he discovered.

A bug in Chrome has earned 75.000 dollars. With another one won another 25.000 dollars after allowing him to get the system rights. In addition, it received 10.000 dollars to prove a sensitivity to the beta version of the browser.

Lee has managed to bypass Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 security flaws by winning more 65.000 dollars.

During his third presentation, he overcame Apple's Safari protection mechanisms, earning 50.000 dollars.

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