Vulnerability in Passmark Burnintest
CVE-2020-15481
An issue was discovered in PassMark BurnInTest v9.1 Build 1008, OSForensics v7.1 Build 1012, and PerformanceTest v10.0 Build 1008. The kernel driver exposes IOCTL functionality that allows low-privilege users to map arbitrary physical memory into the address space of the calling process. This could lead to arbitrary Ring-0 code execution and escalation of privileges. This affects DirectIo32.sys and DirectIo64.sys drivers. This issue is fixed in BurnInTest v9.2, PerformanceTest v10.0 Build 1009, OSForensics v8.0.
EPSS: 0.006 (47.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Passmark Burnintest — versions 9.1
- Passmark Osforensics — versions 7.1
- Passmark Performancetest — versions 10.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-15481?
- CVE-2020-15481 is a high-severity vulnerability in Passmark Burnintest. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-11-13.
- How severe is CVE-2020-15481?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-15481 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.