CVE-2020-9279
An issue was discovered on D-Link DSL-2640B B2 EU_4.01B devices. A hard-coded account allows...
An issue was discovered on D-Link DSL-2640B B2 EU_4.01B devices. A hard-coded account allows management-interface login with high privileges. The logged-in user can perform critical tasks and take full control of the device.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered on D-Link DSL-2640B B2 EU_4.01B devices. A hard-coded account allows management-interface login with high privileges. The logged-in user can perform critical tasks and take full control of the device.
- Record
CVE-2020-9279- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered on D-Link DSL-2640B B2 EU_4.01B devices. A hard-coded account allows management-interface login with high privileges. The logged-in user can perform critical tasks and take full control of the device.
- Record
CVE-2020-9279- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-30108 No score
An issue was discovered on D-Link DSL-2640B B2 EU_4.01B devices. A hard-coded account allows management-interface login with high privileges. The logged-in user can perform critical tasks and take full control of the device.
- Record
EUVD-2020-30108- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w3w2-fx8h-h255 No score
An issue was discovered on D-Link DSL-2640B B2 EU_4.01B devices. A hard-coded account allows...
An issue was discovered on D-Link DSL-2640B B2 EU_4.01B devices. A hard-coded account allows management-interface login with high privileges. The logged-in user can perform critical tasks and take full control of the device.
- Record
GHSA-w3w2-fx8h-h255- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-9279 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Dlink Dsl-2640b Firmware, published April 20, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.19%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.