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CVE-2020-15481

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-15481 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting PassMark BurnInTest, OSForensics, and PerformanceTest products, specifically within their DirectIo32.sys and DirectIo64.sys kernel drivers. This flaw allows a low-privilege user to map arbitrary physical memory into their process's address space, potentially leading to arbitrary Ring-0 code execution and privilege escalation. With a CVSS score of 7.8, the attack vector is local with low complexity, and the impact is high across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:passmark:burnintest:9.1:build_1008:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:passmark:osforensics:7.1:build_1012:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:passmark:performancetest:10.0:build_1008:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0064 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / eset/vulnerability-disclosures/blob/master/CVE-2020-15481/CVE-2020-15481.md
ExploitThird Party Advisory
passmark.com / products/performancetest/history.php
Vendor Advisory