{"id":"CVE-2020-9279","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-9279","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:22:36.440Z","title":"A hard-coded account allows management-interface login with high privileges.","description":"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.","published":"2020-04-20T23:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:27:42.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-798"],"affected":["dlink/dsl-2640b firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.02187,"percentile":0.82286,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://raelize.com/advisories/CVE-2020-9279_D-Link-DSL-2640B_Hard-coded-privileged-account_v1.0.txt","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://raelize.com/posts/d-link-dsl-2640b-security-advisories/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.dlink.com/en/security-bulletin","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://raelize.com/advisories/CVE-2020-9279_D-Link-DSL-2640B_Hard-coded-privileged-account_v1.0.txt","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://raelize.com/posts/d-link-dsl-2640b-security-advisories/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.dlink.com/en/security-bulletin","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9279","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}