{"id":2065,"date":"2026-03-23T11:04:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/microsoft-xbox-one-hacked\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:04:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:04:53","slug":"microsoft-xbox-one-hacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/microsoft-xbox-one-hacked\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Xbox One Hacked"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>It\u2019s an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/video-games\/console-gaming\/microsofts-unhackable-xbox-one-has-been-hacked-by-bliss-the-2013-console-finally-fell-to-voltage-glitching-allowing-the-loading-of-unsigned-code-at-every-level\">impressive feat<\/a>, over a decade after the box was released:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Since reset glitching wasn\u2019t possible, Gaasedelen thought some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/news\/yet-another-amd-zen-secure-encrypted-virtualization-vulnerability-demonstrated-by-researchers\">voltage glitching<\/a> could do the trick. So, instead of tinkering with the system rest pin(s) the hacker targeted the momentary collapse of the CPU voltage rail. This was quite a feat, as Gaasedelen couldn\u2019t \u2018see\u2019 into the Xbox One, so had to develop new hardware introspection tools.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, the Bliss exploit was formulated, where two precise voltage glitches were made to land in succession. One skipped the loop where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/news\/cortex-76-high-laptop-performance,37158.html\">ARM Cortex<\/a> memory protection was setup. Then the Memcpy operation was targeted during the header read, allowing him to jump to the attacker-controlled data.<\/p>\n<p>As a hardware attack against the boot ROM in silicon, Gaasedelen says the attack in unpatchable. Thus it is a complete compromise of the console allowing for loading unsigned code at every level, including the Hypervisor and OS. 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