Case study

Hisense VIDAA (MT9603): firmware and local bridge findings

Hisense VIDAA (MT9603) records an investigation of a TV firmware container and browser-facing local services. The notes map the phoenix:// message format, its WebSocket and HTTP transports, a 96-function bridge and permission checks, with sanitized probe outputs. The author reports that the encrypted firmware payload remained inaccessible.

Targets: Firmware · Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 2
Last commit: 2026-10-28
Language: HTML
License (GitHub): MIT

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Scope: Findings concern a Hisense VIDAA TV with MTK9603 and software version V0000.09.60V.Q0612.
Limits: The firmware payload is encrypted; the studied ordinary browser page could not obtain usable filesystem access or a write path.
License: Code and probe pages are MIT licensed; documentation is CC BY 4.0.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{hisense-vidaa-mt9603-case,
  title = {{Hisense VIDAA (MT9603): firmware and local bridge findings}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/ipanalytics/Hisense-Vidaa-Reverse-Engineering}},
  url = {https://github.com/ipanalytics/Hisense-Vidaa-Reverse-Engineering},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/hisense-vidaa-mt9603-case/}}
}

Plain text

Hisense VIDAA (MT9603): firmware and local bridge findings. https://github.com/ipanalytics/Hisense-Vidaa-Reverse-Engineering (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/hisense-vidaa-mt9603-case/

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README.md GitHub · ipanalytics/Hisense-Vidaa-Reverse-Engineering · Revision c5f550c
docs/03-phoenix-protocol.md GitHub · ipanalytics/Hisense-Vidaa-Reverse-Engineering · Revision c5f550c