Episode 157: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re joined by Hypr to talk about hacking Mediatek and his experiences with HackerOne and Pwn2Own Ecosystems.
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====== This Week in Bug Bounty ======
Top 10 web hacking techniques of 2025: call for nominations
https://portswigger.net/research/top-10-web-hacking-techniques-of-2025-nominations-open
CVE-2025-13467
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-13467
====== Resources ======
Hypr's Blog
https://blog.coffinsec.com
mediatek? more like media-rekt, amirite.
https://blog.coffinsec.com/0days/2025/12/15/more-like-mediarekt-amirite.html
kernel-utils
https://github.com/mellow-hype/kernel-utils
====== Timestamps ======
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:03:23) Heap Overflow in Mediatek Kernel Drivers
(00:19:23) Kernel Debugging & ioctl Handlers
(00:43:30) Input Structs, Sync to Source, & Privilege Escalation
(00:51:30) HackerOne Ecosystem vs Pwn2Own Ecosystem
(01:17:00) Kernel Utils
(01:26:46) Real World Bugs for Exploit Development vs CTFs
