They are used to exploit known vulns to get arbitrary read write, calls. For che...

embedding-shape · 2026-06-11T12:23:51 1781180631

Also for rooting the console, which makes it way easier to run cracked games. I think I saw a browser being used for getting root access first with PS3 unless I misremember.

Rohansi · 2026-06-11T15:18:36 1781191116

Weird to see this is still a thing on the latest console generation. Xbox runs software under HyperV which should make exploitation difficult

ammar2 · 2026-06-11T17:48:21 1781200101

The PS5 also runs apps (games/browser) under a hypervisor. There was a hypervisor escape though coupled with webkit as an entrypoint:

* https://ps5dev.github.io/ps5-wiki/hypervisor

* https://github.com/PS5Dev/Byepervisor

* https://github.com/PS5Dev/PS5-UMTX-Jailbreak/blob/main/READM...