High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 7, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-15480
CVE-2020-15480
Description
An issue was discovered in PassMark BurnInTest through 9.1, OSForensics through 7.1, and PerformanceTest through 10. The kernel driver exposes IOCTL functionality that allows low-privilege users to read and write to arbitrary Model Specific Registers (MSRs). This could lead to arbitrary Ring-0 code execution and escalation of privileges. This affects DirectIo32.sys and DirectIo64.sys.
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Affected products
7- PassMark/BurnInTestdescription
cpe:2.3:a:passmark:burnintest:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:passmark:burnintest:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=9.1
- (no CPE)range: <=9.1
cpe:2.3:a:passmark:osforensics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:passmark:osforensics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=7.1
- (no CPE)range: <=7.1
cpe:2.3:a:passmark:performancetest:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:passmark:performancetest:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=10.0
- (no CPE)range: <=10
Patches
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References
3- github.com/eset/vulnerability-disclosures/blob/master/CVE-2020-15480/CVE-2020-15480.mdnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.passmark.com/forum/index.phpnvdVendor Advisory
- www.passmark.com/support/index.phpnvdVendor Advisory
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