Orgasmatron used our news submit to tell us
that according to the website Gmane.org the Xbox is hacked. A part of the Xbox, the Xbox
Dashboard seems to be the key to access on the entire Xbox system. By exploiting
the code that is charge of loading fonts the Xbox can load e.g. Linux. The hack
is performed by Stefan Esser, and he has posted the information on his website
today (4th of July).
 The XBOX Dashboard is what appears when you turn the XBOX on without a disc in the DVD drive. It will let you adjust system settings, manage your save games, play and rip audio CDs and configure your XBOX Live account. It is the heart of the XBOX and its most vulnerable point, because it lacks several security restrictions which are enforced on games. This includes the lack of the reboot-on-eject-button "feature", which is obligatory for all games. The existance of an exploitable vulnerability within the dashboard could totally compromises the XBOX security system. It will make the box independent from Microsoft signed code and therefore this information is released to the public now on the 4th of July 2003, the day of the XBOX Independence. |
Unfortunately we have not seen any confirmation besides the
originating page that the hack actually works. However the
author seems to be credible. If any of you have seen more evidence that the hack
works, please post below.
Source: Gmane.org
