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this is my legacy

RIP ketchup hack 2019-2022 you woulda loved among us

Yesterday a trade was made.

I no longer have the Mario Kart Wii ketchup disc.

It's been 3 years. I miss you ketchup hack.

@ipg how does something like this HAPPEN?
was this just like a "hehe what if i-" moment?

@ipg im SO curious if there's any kind of write up or video that explains how ketchup on disc leads to this?

@ipg most people could not dream of achieving so much, even in a dozen lifetimes.

@ipg The lengths speedrunners go to get a better time xD

@ipg oh waw xD I need more information, how's that even possible or was discovered x)

@ipg
i-i thought it was a meme bc it was done in speedruns before

@ipg@wetdry.world you discovered the battle for bikini bottom gamer gunk strat ?

@ipg I need to play MKW again....

@ipg@wetdry.world ok wow thats impressive

when you think you know all about security for [insert here] and then you find out about or someone shows you some bonkers lunacy nuts exploit

Interrupting the R/W and allowing the instruction pointer go into unrelated memory is my guess

CC: @ipg@wetdry.world [wetdry.world]

@ipg Details and a link please!

@ipg im fairly certain that security researchers just have a brain of children to find exploits, because some of these are not even plausible at all

@ipg

Have you tried other condiments, or is it specific to ketchup?

I can imagine a pickle might cause an insert.disc error.

And does it improve the flavor? I've always found game discs to be rather bland.

@ipg
Any more links about this exploit?

@yura @ipg would love to read more about it as well haha

@dark that was my inspiration

@ipg at first I thought this meant the dev's kid "discovered" the issue by accident 😆

(I assume you also found it by accident, though you're clearly an adult who does a lot in this kind of dev area)

@Burstaholic i found it entirelly intentionally! it was more a combination of other exploits that just so happened to require having the disc error out on you

@ipg oh neat! This sounds like a fun write-up whenever you get around to it 🙂

@ipg@wetdry.world i might be misremembering the wrong ketchup exploit but i remember hearing about ketchup on discs for exploits years ago

@deci there was one for bfbb speedrunning where scuffing up ur disc in a certain spot would let u glitch through a certain area in the game, that's what my inspiration was

@ipg@wetdry.world THAT's what i'm remembering lol

@ipg i’m not chronically online for this i need context do you have like a screenshot of the tweet or something

@leap123 what do you mean. this is the context. i found a security flaw in CTGP (mario kart wii mod) that allowed for unsigned code execution if u put ketchup on the disc.

@ipg @leap123 to be fair, this is such an insane thing to find that it sounds like you're fucking with us but i know that you're not

@lexd0g @ipg i am scared to ask what the alternative to ketchup was /g

edit: added tone indicator i forgor

@yunii @lexd0g @ipg mustard, or giving the disc to your five year old child for three minutes.

@ipg arbitrary condiment execution

@winload_exe in the almost 2 years since discovering this method nobody's called it that. thank you this is great

@ipg what.

You are ahead of the times

@ipg i have the need to know and i’m too afraid to ask

@domi dvd drive throughput stops if the disc can't be read

@ipg that i know xD

how to chain code exec from that sounds bizarre. race condition and it doesn’t check if it actually loaded correct stuff?

@domi i plan on doing a full ""writeup"" soon (i planned on it a while ago, when i found it, just never had anywhere to put it)

but it's a Race condition yeah, especially considering it's in Mario Kart Wii >w< - you could also argue a TOCTOU?

@domi @ipg i am the exact opposite, i have all the information i will ever need. about anything.

@ipg ACE (arbitrary condiment execution)

@ipg NOOOOO
I hope it goes straight to a museum.

@ipg it needs to be put on a wall

@ipg wait you're the ketchup hack person??????

@ipg WE LOST A REAL ONE TONIGHT