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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
PassMark Software PerformanceTest
Default version status: affected
0 to < 11.1 build 1012affected
PassMark Software BurnInTest
Default version status: affected
0 to < 11.1 build 1000affected
PassMark Software OSForensics
Default version status: affected
0 to < 11.1 build 1016affected
References
- https://github.com/floppywiggler/directio64-disclosure ↗
- https://www.passmark.com/products/performancetest/history.php ↗
- https://www.passmark.com/products/burnintest/history.php ↗
- https://www.osforensics.com/whats-new.html ↗
- https://dkom.dev/posts/directio64-disclosure/ ↗
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/passmark-performancetest-burnintest-and-osforensics-hard-coded-credentials-authentication-bypass-via-directio64-sys ↗