CVE-2020-15480

Published Aug 7, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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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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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 1:15 PM
Reserved
Jul 1, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 7, 2020, 9:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:56 AM