PlayStation: PS4 BD-J privilege escalation using nested JAR

A PS4 vulnerability was discovered in the Blu-ray Disc Java BD-J privilege escalation using nested JAR files. The vulnerability was found in the PS4 system software versions 13.00 to the latest version 13.02. The vulnerability was caused by a discrepancy between the security policy's path...

EUVD-2014-0178

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6: JSM policy not respected by deployed applications

It was found that Java Security Manager permissions configured via a policy file were not properly applied, causing all deployed applications to be granted the java.security.AllPermission permission. In certain cases, an attacker could use this flaw to circumvent expected security measures to...