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Security Updates for Microsoft JDBC driver for MSSQL (October 2025)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 278728

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Synopsis

The The Microsoft JDBC driver for MSSQL installed on the remote host is missing a security update.

Description

The The Microsoft JDBC driver for MSSQL installed on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability:

 - A session spoofing vulnerability exists. An attacker can exploit this to perform actions with the privileges of another user. (CVE-2025-59250)

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-2025-59250

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 278728

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_oct_microsoft_jdbc_driver_for_sql_server.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 12/15/2025

Updated: 12/15/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-59250

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:jdbc_driver_for_sql_server

Required KB Items: Host/detect/db/JAR

Patch Publication Date: 11/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-59250