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Safari, IE8 and Firefox zero-day vulnerability
Time the United States March 18, from Tipping Point launched the Third Competition Pwn2Own began hacking technology. During the first day of competition, the contestants need to try to break through there is a complete patch hit the mainstream browsers (IE8, Firefox, Chrome, Safari) as well as severe restrictions on the smart mobile phone (Blackberry, Android, iPhone, Nokia / Symbian, Windows Mobile) . As a three-day awards competition, Zero Day Initiative will provide a browser vulnerability discoverer 5000 U.S. dollars and donated the use of computers, and intelligence found that the vulnerability of the mobile phone will be 10,000 U.S. dollars plus incentives smart break by one year the right to use the mobile phone .
Pwn2Own at the first day of competition, the smart cell phone security has stood the test, while mainstream browsers are not so lucky, the two winners were Charlie Miller and Nils break the Safari (twice), IE8 and Firefox .
Last year’s winners, one of Charlie Miller at the first day of competition in the browser attack, just two minutes when once again break through Mac OS X’s Safari browser.
Another participant Nils, while at the platform Windows7 goods IE8 successfully broke through the security protection, including protection of the use of Microsoft’s latest technology-DEP (Data Execution Prevention, Data Execution Prevention) and ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization, Address space layout randomization), this act so that the safety of IE8 again aroused widespread public concern, Nils finally won the latest Sony Vaio notebooks and 5000 U.S. dollars in prize money.
However the first two surprises are good only just begun. Not long after, Nils again allow participants Pwn2Own boiling, he used Safari a vulnerability mapping tool, Express win Apple Safari browser and access to 5000 U.S. dollars at the incentives and white apple. At the success of a breakthrough after two mainstream browsers, Nils moves FireFox browser will fall under the cut. It is the second day of competition at Pwn2Own Medium, Nils will challenge Google Chrome, and is likely to become four of the latest mainstream browsers 0day founders.