CVE-2026-80114

PassMark PerformanceTest, BurnInTest, and OSForensics Hard-coded Credentials Authentication Bypass via DirectIo64.sys

Published Sep 4, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
PassMark PerformanceTest before 11.1 build 1012, BurnInTest before 11.1 build 1000, and OSForensics before 11.1 build 1016 contain a hard-coded credentials vulnerability in DirectIo64.sys that allows local attackers to perform arbitrary physical memory writes by extracting an 8-byte key embedded as a hardcoded literal in the distributed binary and computing valid MD5 authentication tags for arbitrary IOCTL write requests. Attackers can additionally bypass a secondary validation gate by using the driver's own bit-clear IOCTL to clear a single bit in the gating instruction's displacement byte, causing all subsequent write requests to skip MAC verification, size checks, and Vendor ID checks entirely.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:passmark:burnintest:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:passmark:osforensics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:passmark:performancetest:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Passmark
Passmark burnintest
Passmark osforensics
Passmark performancetest
Vendors & Products Passmark
Passmark burnintest
Passmark osforensics
Passmark performancetest
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description PassMark PerformanceTest before 11.1 build 1012, BurnInTest before 11.1 build 1000, and OSForensics before 11.1 build 1016 contain a hard-coded credentials vulnerability in DirectIo64.sys that allows local attackers to perform arbitrary physical memory writes by extracting an 8-byte key embedded as a hardcoded literal in the distributed binary and computing valid MD5 authentication tags for arbitrary IOCTL write requests. Attackers can additionally bypass a secondary validation gate by using the driver's own bit-clear IOCTL to clear a single bit in the gating instruction's displacement byte, causing all subsequent write requests to skip MAC verification, size checks, and Vendor ID checks entirely.
Title PassMark PerformanceTest, BurnInTest, and OSForensics Hard-coded Credentials Authentication Bypass via DirectIo64.sys
Weaknesses CWE-321
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Oct 1, 2026, 7:19 PM
Reserved
Aug 25, 2026, 7:56 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Sep 4, 2026, 7:17 PM
Modified
Sep 8, 2026, 8:10 PM