Exploiting Xbox 360 Hypervisor and Microcode Hacking

Exploiting Xbox 360 Hypervisor and Microcode Hacking

From Day[0] by dayzerosec

March 12, 2025 · 1h 19m · Season 1 · Episode 276

About this episode

This episode delves into the technical aspects of hacking the Xbox 360 hypervisor and AMD microcode.

A very technical episode this week, featuring some posts on hacking the xbox 360 hypervisor as well as AMD microcode hacking. Links and vulnerability summaries for this episode are available at: https://dayzerosec.com/podcast/276.html [00:00:00] Introduction [00:00:15] Reversing Samsung's H-Arx Hypervisor Framework - Part 1 [00:10:34] Hacking the Xbox 360 Hypervisor Part 1: System Overview [00:21:18] Hacking the Xbox 360 Hypervisor Part 2: The Bad Update Exploit [00:30:48] Zen and the Art of Microcode Hacking [00:41:51] A very fancy way to obtain RCE on a Solr server [01:03:49] Cellebrite zero-day exploit used to target phone of Serbian student activist [01:16:03] When NULL isn't null: mapping memory at 0x0 on Linux Podcast episodes are available on the usual podcast platforms: -- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1484046063 -- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NKCxk8aPEuEFuHsEQ9Tdt -- Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9hMTIxYTI0L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz -- Other audio platforms can be found at https://anchor.fm/dayzerosec You can also join our discord: https://discord.gg/daTxTK9

Topics covered

  • Xbox 360 hacking
  • hypervisor exploitation
  • microcode hacking
  • vulnerability analysis
  • reversing technology

Keywords

  • Xbox 360
  • hypervisor
  • microcode
  • vulnerability
  • exploit
  • Cellebrite
  • RCE
  • reversing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Samsung, Cellebrite

Products: Xbox 360, Solr

Places: Serbia

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