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Security Updates for Microsoft Windows Admin Center (December 2025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 278755

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Synopsis

The The Microsoft Windows Admin Center installed on the remote host is missing a security update.

Description

The The Microsoft Windows Admin Center installed on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability:

 - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
 (CVE-2025-64669)

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-2025-64669

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 278755

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_dec_windows_admin_center.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 12/16/2025

Updated: 12/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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-2025-64669

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:windows_admin_center

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Windows Admin Center

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-64669

IAVA: 2025-A-0932