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.
History

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Passmark
Passmark burnintest
Passmark osforensics
Passmark performancetest
Vendors & Products Passmark
Passmark burnintest
Passmark osforensics
Passmark performancetest

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:45:00 +0000

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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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-09-04T18:34:30.258Z

Updated: 2026-09-04T19:20:43.177Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T19:56:44.777Z

Link: CVE-2026-80114

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-04T19:20:39.309Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-04T19:17:28.140

Modified: 2026-09-08T20:10:30.270

Link: CVE-2026-80114

cve-icon Redhat

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