CVE-2020-9279 describes a critical vulnerability in D-Link DSL-2640B B2 EU_4.01B devices, stemming from a hard-coded account that grants high-privilege access to the management interface. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to gain full control of the device, as reflected by its CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
eu_4.01bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dsl-2640b_firmware:eu_4.01b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.