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Vulnerability · CVE-2016-20016

MVPower CCTV DVR models, including TV-7104HE 1.8.4 115215B9 and TV7108HE Remote Command Execution

Published Oct 20, 2017 · catalog updated Oct 20, 2017 · MVPower CCTV DVR models,

Patch now

CVE-2016-20016 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm MVPower CCTV DVR models, against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (MVPower CCTV DVR models,).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
86.19%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor mvpower tv-7104he_firmware

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. VulnCheck canary evidence. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

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  • vendor mvpower tv-7104he_firmwareversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2016-20016

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2016-20016 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm MVPower CCTV DVR models, against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 86.19%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 20, 2017 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    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

  2. Oct 20, 2017 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-20016

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-20016

    30-day exploitation probability 86.2%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-20016

    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

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.