Welcome to Day 2 of Pwn2Own Vancouver 2023! We’ll be updating this blog in real time as results become available. We’re excited to say that all unique winning entries will receive the full payout during this year’s contest. We’ll update this blog throughout the day with results as they come in.

SUCCESS / COLLISION - Thomas Imbert (@masthoon) and Thomas Bouzerar (@MajorTomSec) from Synacktiv (@Synacktiv) demonstrated a 3-bug chain against Oracle VirtualBox with a Host EoP. One bug was previously known. They still earn $80,000 and 8 Master of Pwn points.

SUCCESS - @hoangnx99, @rskvp93, and @_q5ca from Team Viettel (@vcslab) used a 2-bug chain in their attempt against Microsoft Teams. They earn $75,000 and 8 Master of Pwn points.

SUCCESS - David Berard (@_p0ly_) and Vincent Dehors (@vdehors) from Synacktiv (@Synacktiv) used a heap overflow and an OOB write to exploit Tesla - Infotainment Unconfined Root. They qualify for a Tier 2 award, earning $250,000 and 25 Master of Pwn points.

SUCCESS - dungdm (@_piers2) of Team Viettel (@vcslab) used an uninitialized variable and a UAF bug to exploit Oracle VirtualBox. They earn $40,000 and 4 Master of Pwn points.

SUCCESS - Tanguy Dubroca (@SidewayRE) from Synacktiv (@Synacktiv) used an incorrect pointer scaling leading to privilege escalation on Ubuntu Desktop. They earn $30,000 and 3 Master of Pwn points.

That wraps up Day 2 of Pwn2Own Vancouver 2023! We awarded $475,000 for 10 unique zero-days during the second day of the contest. We’ll continue posting results and videos to Twitter, YouTube, Mastodon, LinkedIn, and Instagram, so follow us on your favorite flavor of social media for the latest news from the event.

That’s a wrap for Pwn2Own Vancouver! Contestants disclosed 27 unique zero-days and won a combined $1,035,000 (and a car)! Congratulations to the Masters of Pwn, Synacktiv (@Synacktiv), for their huge success and hard work! They earned 53 points, $530,000, and a Tesla Model 3.

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Welcome to Day 3 of Pwn2Own Vancouver 2023. We’ll be updating this blog in real time as results become available. For this year’s event, each round will receive the full payout for unique entries.

SUCCESS - Kyle Zeng from ASU SEFCOM used a double free bug to exploit Ubuntu Desktop. He earns $30,000 and 3 Master of Pwn points.

FAILURE - STAR Labs was unable to get their exploit of Microsoft Teams working within the time allotted.

SUCCESS - Thomas Imbert (@masthoon) from Synacktiv (@Synacktiv) used a UAF against Microsoft Windows 11. They earn $30,000 and 3 Master of Pwn points.

SUCCESS - Mingi Cho of Theori used a UAF against Ubuntu Desktop. They earn $30,000 and 3 Master of Pwn points.

SUCCESS - STAR Labs (@starlabs_sg) used an uninitialized variable and UAF against VMWare Workstation. They earn $80,000 and 8 Master of Pwn points.

COLLISION - Bien Pham (@bienpnn) of Qrious Security successfully targeted Ubuntu Desktop, but the exploit was previously known. They still earn $15,000 and 1.5 Master of Pwn points.