PT-2020-14447
CVE-2020-15480
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Published
2020-08-07
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Updated
2022-05-03
Description by
CVSS 3.1
8.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
PassMark BurnInTest versions through 9.1
OSForensics versions through 7.1
PerformanceTest versions through 10
Description
An issue was discovered that allows low-privilege users to read and write to arbitrary Model Specific Registers (MSRs) through the kernel driver's IOCTL functionality. This could lead to arbitrary Ring-0 code execution and escalation of privileges, affecting the DirectIo32.sys and DirectIo64.sys drivers.
Recommendations
For PassMark BurnInTest versions through 9.1, update to a version that fixes the issue with the DirectIo32.sys and DirectIo64.sys drivers.
For OSForensics versions through 7.1, update to a version that fixes the issue with the DirectIo32.sys and DirectIo64.sys drivers.
For PerformanceTest versions through 10, update to a version that fixes the issue with the DirectIo32.sys and DirectIo64.sys drivers.
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