CVE-2020-15480

Public Exploit

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.

8.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.26%

Vendor Advisory passmark.com Vendor Advisory passmark.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://github.com/eset/vulnerability-disclosures	third party advisory
https://www.passmark.com/forum/index.php	vendor advisory
https://www.passmark.com/support/index.php	vendor advisory
https://github.com/eset/vulnerability-disclosures/blob/master/CVE-2020-15480/CVE-2020-15480.md	third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-15480?: CVE-2020-15480 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-15480?: To fix CVE-2020-15480, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-15480 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2020-15480 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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