CVE-2026-80115
CVE-2026-80115
PassMark PerformanceTest before 11.1 build 1012, BurnInTest before 11.1 build 1000, and OSForensics before 11.1 build 1016 contain a privilege escalation and denial-of-service vulnerability in DirectIo64.sys that allows local attackers to read arbitrary Model-Specific Registers or write zero to any MSR through exposed IOCTLs with insufficient blocklist enforcement. Attackers can exploit the unrestricted write IOCTL to zero out the system call handler MSR, causing an immediate unrecoverable kernel crash on the next system call, or read security-sensitive MSRs used to locate kernel data structures.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (4.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 4th percentile — 4.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- Technical Analysis and Decompiled Evidence (technical-description)
- Researcher Disclosure (technical-description, exploit)
- OSForensics Changelog (release-notes, patch)
- BurnInTest Changelog (release-notes, patch)
- PerformanceTest Changelog (release-notes, patch)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/passmark-performancetest-burnintest-and-osforensic… (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-80115?
- CVE-2026-80115 is a medium-severity vulnerability, classified under CWE-782. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-09-04.
- How severe is CVE-2026-80115?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.