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source tree, website, and writeup for the sh1mmer chromebook jailbreak

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Website, name and write-up for a ChromeOS firmware boot exploit

What is Shimmer?

Shimmer is an exploit found in the ChromeOS firmware that utilitzes the RMA factory shims to gain code execution at firmware recovery.

CrBug Link

https://crbug.com/1394226

Credits

  • CoolElectronics#4683 - Pioneering this wild exploit
  • ULTRA BLUE#1850 - Testing, discovering how to disable root-fs verification, and frecon UI idea
  • Unciaur#1408 - Found the inital RMA shim
  • TheMemeSniper#6065 - Testing
  • Rafflesia#8396 - Hosting files
  • SprinkzMC#8421 - Helped with the website
  • r58Playz#3467 - Helped us set parts of the shim
  • OlyB#9420 - Scraped additional shims
  • Sharp_Jack#4374 - Created wax & compiled the first shims