Pwn2Own 2011: Which of these web browsers will come out flawless?

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Pwn2Own 2011: Which of these web browsers will come out flawless?

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mayank in Technology » Internet
Settled on 03/14/2011 12:42 Settled by

gotmick

Winning option:and 4 This was settled backwards, sorry. Chrome and Firefox remained untouched/unchallenged at the contest thus, 'surviving' any exploitation. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9214378/Google_patches_Pwn2Own_WebKit_bug_in_Chrome?taxonomyId=85

Predictions

1. Microsoft Internet Explorer

2.6% →

2. Apple Safari

2.6% →

3. Mozilla Firefox

6.3% →

4. Google Chrome

6.5% →

1 and 2

1.5% →

1 and 3

1.0% →

1 and 4

1.0% →

2 and 3

2.0% →

2 and 4

2.0% →

3 and 4

6.6% →

1, 2 and 3

1.7% →

1, 3 and 4

1.0% →

2, 3 and 4

1.3% →

All 4 browsers emerge flawless

0.7% →

None of the 4
i.e., all of the 4 browsers are successfully exploited

63.4% →

Background

Pwn2Own is a computer hacking contest held at the annual CanSecWest security conference, beginning in 2007. Contestants are challenged to exploit specific software (especially web browsers and other web related software) /computing platform targets. For each successful exploit, the contest's sponsor, TippingPoint, provides a report to the applicable vendor, detailing the vulnerability and how it was exploited.

The contest will be taking place on the 9th, 10th, and 11th of March, 2011 in Vancouver, BC during the CanSecWest conference.

This year the web browser targets will be the latest release candidate (at the time of the contest) of the following products:

Microsoft Internet Explorer
Apple Safari
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome

Each browser will be installed on a 64-bit system running the latest version of either OS X or Windows 7.

http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2011/02
http://cansecwest.com/month/2011-03
http://twitter.com/thezdi
http://twitter.com/aaronportnoy

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03/10/2011 22:56

kruijs

settlement request came from me, and I too understood the article that way ... sorry for the confusion ...

03/10/2011 19:16

mayank

All right :)

03/10/2011 18:31

gotmick

Oops, sorry mayank. I understood they had moved on to mobile devices. We will re-settle correctly if needed.

03/10/2011 18:01

mayank

And the scheduled hacker for Chrome did not turn up. So in a way, it can be considered flawless.

03/10/2011 17:59

mayank

The contest is not over yet. Firefox will be attacked on Thursday or Friday.
http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/03/10/ie8-and-safari-first-to-fall-at-pwn2own-2011-chrome-and-firefox/
http://www.itworldcanada.com/news/googles-chrome-untouched-at-pwn2own-hack-match/142689

03/10/2011 17:58

mayank

03/10/2011 17:58

mayank

The contest is not over yet. Firefox will be attacked on Thursday or Friday.

03/10/2011 07:10

kruijs

Contestants in a high-stakes hacking contest had no trouble toppling the Apple Safari and Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers, proving for a fifth year in a row that no software or application is safe from people with the expertise and motivation to exploit them.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/10/apple_safari_ie_stomped/

03/06/2011 12:49

mayank

Couldn't find any other way.

03/06/2011 12:29

hfl13

Wow - didnÂ´t know markets could have more than 10 outcomes !

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