CVE-2025-64669
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper access control in Windows Admin Center allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows Admin Center stemming from improper access control. An authorized user (with some baseline access) can exploit insufficient authorization checks to elevate their privileges to higher levels locally on the target system.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 2511CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Windows Admin Center is installedOpen Programs and Features (appwiz.cpl) or check the Windows Services list for 'Windows Admin Center' serviceAffected if Windows Admin Center is installed on the system
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Find the installed version numberRun 'Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsAdminCenter' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object Version, or check the version in Programs and FeaturesAffected if The installed version is lower than 2511 (any version before the fix)
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Verify the Windows Admin Center service is runningOpen Services (services.msc) and check if the 'Windows Admin Center' service status is Running, or run 'Get-Service WindowsAdminCenter*'Affected if The service is running and the installed version is below 2511
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Check current user context and privilegesRun 'whoami /priv' and 'whoami /groups' to see current user privileges on the systemAffected if A user with baseline access exists on a system with Windows Admin Center version below 2511 running
The system is affected if Windows Admin Center is installed with a version lower than 2511 and the service is running, allowing an authorized local user to potentially escalate privileges.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped2511
Apply the Microsoft security update for CVE-2025-64669 to Windows Admin Center installations; verify that the principle of least privilege is enforced for all admin accounts.
Windows Admin Center version 2511 or later
- Download Windows Admin Center version 2511 or later from the official Microsoft Download Center
- Install the updated Windows Admin Center version on the affected Windows server or client
- Verify the installation completed successfully
- Confirm the version number matches 2511 or later using the Windows Admin Center settings or about page
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-64669 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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