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CVE-2025-34129: LILIN DVR RCE via Malicious FTP/NTP Configuration

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.7 v4.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-07-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

A command injection vulnerability exists in LILIN Digital Video Recorder (DVR) devices prior to firmware version 2.0b60_20200207 due to insufficient sanitization of the FTP and NTP Server fields in the service configuration. An attacker with access to the configuration interface can upload a malicious XML file with injected shell commands in these fields. Upon subsequent configuration syncs, these commands are executed with elevated privileges. This vulnerability was exploited in the wild by the Moobot botnets.

Affected products

• Merit LILIN DVR Firmware: before 2.0b60_20200207 — fixed in 2.0b60_20200207

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Merit LILIN DVR Firmware 2.0b60_20200207. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://blog.netlab.360.com/multiple-botnets-are-spreading-using-lilin-dvr-0-day/
• https://www.meritlilin.com/assets/uploads/support/file/M00158-TW.pdf
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/lilin-dvr-multiple-vulnerabilities

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