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CVE-2016-20016

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 86.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-10-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

MVPower CCTV DVR models, including TV-7104HE 1.8.4 115215B9 and TV7108HE, contain a web shell that is accessible via a /shell URI. A remote unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands as root. This vulnerability has also been referred to as the "JAWS webserver RCE" because of the easily identifying HTTP response server field. Other firmware versions, at least from 2014 through 2019, can be affected. This was exploited in the wild in 2017 through 2022.

Affected products

• Mvpower Tv-7104He Firmware: 1.8.4_115215b9
• Mvpower Tv7108He Firmware: all versions

References

• https://blog.netlab.360.com/iot_reaper-a-rappid-spreading-new-iot-botnet-en/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41471
• https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/pwning-cctv-cameras/
• https://blog.netlab.360.com/iot_reaper-a-rappid-spreading-new-iot-botnet-en/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41471
• https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/pwning-cctv-cameras/

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