CVE-2026-80114

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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://dkom.dev/posts/directio64-disclosure/
https://github.com/floppywiggler/directio64-disclosure
https://www.osforensics.com/whats-new.html
https://www.passmark.com/products/burnintest/history.php
https://www.passmark.com/products/performancetest/history.php
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/passmark-performancetest-burnintest-and-osforensics-hard-coded-credentials-authentication-bypass-via-directio64-sys

Configurations

No configuration.

History

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Information

Published : 2026-09-04 19:17

Updated : 2026-09-08 20:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-80114

Mitre link : CVE-2026-80114

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-80114

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-321

Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

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