Hacking team wins a second Tesla Model 3 and R6.5 million at Pwn2Own

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Cybersecurity firm Synacktiv’s team won a second Tesla Model 3 at Pwn2Own 2023 after hacking it with a heap overflow and an OOB write exploit chain.

Cybersecurity firm Synacktiv won $360,000 and a second Tesla Model 3 on day two of the 2023 Pwn2Own competition in Vancouver, Bleeping ComputerTeam members David Berard and Vincent Dehors earned the company $250,000 by hacking the Tesla Model 3 via a heap overflow, and an out-of-bounds write exploit chain.

They also took home the car itself as a reward, and the company earned a further $110,000 for successful Oracle VirtualBox and Ubuntu Desktop Exploits. The team’s Thomas Imbert and Thomas Bouzerar exploited a three-bug chain to escalate privileges on a VirtualBox host.Ten zero days were successfully exploited on the second day of the competition.

Other notable hacks included Team Viettel’s 2-bug chain exploit for Microsoft Teams and its successful exploitation of a use-after-free bug and an uninitialised variable on Oracle’s VirtualBox.significant winningsOn day one, the company earned $140,000 for successfully hacking a Tesla Model 3 and using a time-of-check-to-time-of-use zero-day vulnerability to elevate privileges on macOS.

Synacktiv’s team also used a TOCTOU attack against the Tesla and won the vehicle in addition to the prize money.

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