Welcome to the third and final day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2025. So far, we’ve awarded $792,750 for 56 unique 0-day bugs, and we still have 17 attempts to go! We’ll be updating this blog with live results as we have them, so refresh often.
WITHDRAW - CyCraft Technology has withdrawn their attempt against the Amazon Smart Plug.
FAILURE - Unfortunately, Daniel Frederic and Julien Cohen-Scali of Fuzzinglabs could not get their exploit of the QNAP TS-453E working within the time allotted.
SUCCESS/COLLISION - Xilokar (@Xilokar) used 4 bugs - including a auth bypass and an underflow - to exploit the Phillips Hue Bridge, but 1 bug collided with a previous entry. He still earns $17,500 and 3.5 Master of Pwn points.
SUCCESS - Chris Anastasio of Team Cluck used a single type confusion bug to exploit the Lexmark CX532adwe printer. He earns himself $20,000 and 2 Master of Pwn points.
SUCCESS - Ben R. And Georgi G. of Interrupt Labs used an improper input validation bug to take over the Samsung Galaxy S25 - enabling the camera and location tracking in the process. They earn $50,000 and 5 Master of Pwn points.
SUCCESS/COLLISION - Yannik Marchand (kinnay) used three bugs - including an Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm - to exploit the Phillips Hue Bridge, but the other two bugs collided with bugs seen previously in the contest. He still earns $13,333 and 2.67 Master of Pwn points.