Vulnerability CVE-2020-9279
Published: 2020-04-20   Modified: 2020-04-21

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.

Type:

CWE-798

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
10/10
10/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete

 References:
https://raelize.com/advisories/CVE-2020-9279_D-Link-DSL-2640B_Hard-coded-privileged-account_v1.0.txt
https://raelize.com/posts/d-link-dsl-2640b-security-advisories/
https://www.dlink.com/en/security-bulletin
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