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Security Updates for Azure Connected Machine Agent < 1.56 (September 2025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 264627

Synopsis

The Microsoft Azure Connected Machine Agent installation on the remote host is affected by an elevation of privilege vulnerability.

Description

The Microsoft Azure Connected Machine Agent installation on the remote host is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by an elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Microsoft has released security updates to address this issue.

See Also

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55316

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 264627

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_sept_azure_connected_machine_agent.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 9/12/2025

Updated: 9/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-55316

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_connected_machine_agent

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Microsoft Azure Connected Machine Agent

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-55316

IAVA: 2025-A-0662