CVE-2026-80115

PassMark PerformanceTest, BurnInTest, and OSForensics Kernel Crash via DirectIo64.sys MSR Write IOCTL

Published Sep 4, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.9 Medium 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 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.

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
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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
Description 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.
Title PassMark PerformanceTest, BurnInTest, and OSForensics Kernel Crash via DirectIo64.sys MSR Write IOCTL
Weaknesses CWE-782
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/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 14, 2026, 8:16 PM