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You are here: Home / Articles / Security and Privacy / Pwn2Own 2015 event results

Pwn2Own 2015 event results

2015-03-18 by Jason

Pwn2Own 2015 begins today and continues into tomorrow at the CanSecWest conference. The targets for exploitation have been announced and so have the seven contestants that have signed up. Each contestant has 30 minutes to demonstrate their exploit and the order of the contestants will be determined by random drawing.

TargetsPrizesContestants
Google Chrome (64-bit) on Windows$75,000ilxu1a, JungHoon Lee (lokihardt)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (64-bit with EPM-enabled)$65,000JungHoon Lee (lokihardt), “360Vulcan Team”
Mozilla Firefox on Windows$30,000ilxu1a, Marius Mlynski
Adobe Reader running in Internet Explorer 11 (64-bit with EPM-enabled)$60,000KeenTeam, Nicolas Joly
Adobe Flash (64-bit) running in Internet Explorer 11 (64-bit with EPM-enabled)$60,000KeenTeam, Nicolas Joly
Apple Safari (64-bit) on Mac OS X$50,000JungHoon Lee (lokihardt)

Along with the cash prizes for successfully demonstrating an exploit, the HP Omen Notebooks will be up for grabs (where Pwn2Own originates from).

Results

For the results of the contestant attempts, you can continue to watch this article. It will be updated as results are posted. Other sources for updates include the HP Security Research Blog and the Zero Day Initiative Twitter account.

TargetsContestantResults and Prizes
Adobe FlashTeam509 and KeenTeam Success: $60K USD plus $25K (escalation privilege bug)
Adobe Flash Nicolas Joly Success: $30K USD
Adobe Reader Nicolas Joly Success: $60K USD
Adobe Reader KeenTeam and Tencent PCMgr Success: $30K USD plus $25K (escalation privilege bug)
Mozilla Firefox Mariusz Mlynski Success: $30K USD plus $25K (escalation privilege bug)
Microsoft IE11 360Vulcan Team Success: $32,500 USD
Mozilla Firefox ilxu1a Success: $15,000 USD
Microsoft IE11 JungHoon Lee (lokihardt) Success: $65K USD
Google Chrome JungHoon Lee (lokihardt) Success: $75K USD plus $25K (escalation privilege bug) plus $10K bug in Chrome beta
Apple Safari JungHoon Lee (lokihardt) Success: $50K USD
Google Chrome ilxu1a Unsuccessful within time limit

Previous Pwn2Own Reports

The results of Mobile Pwn2Own 2014

Pwn2Own 2014 begins; Results

The results of Mobile Pwn2Own 2013

The results of Pwn2Own 2013

Mobile Pwn2Own 2012 shows Galaxy S III and iPhone 4S hack

The Results of Pwn2Own 2011

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