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.
Published: 2020-08-07
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-7473 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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Passmark Burnintest Osforensics Performancetest
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:15:20.691Z

Reserved: 2020-07-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-15480

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-08-07T21:15:10.537

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:05:36.140

Link: CVE-2020-15480

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