[Battlemesh] Exploit code on the wifi chip

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Fri Apr 7 22:03:14 CEST 2017


So we can reverse engineer the firmware now? Does this mean that we now
have a softmac instead of a hardmac? ;-)

Benjamin Henrion:
> This Broadcom exploit made my day, the attacker can run code on the wifi chip:
> 
> https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/04/wide-range-of-android-phones-vulnerable-to-device-hijacks-over-wi-fi/
> 
> Love Broadcom closed source firmwares.
> 
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