CVE-2016-20016: Mvpower Tv-7104he Firmware

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 86.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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: version 1.8.4_115215b9 only
• Mvpower TV7108HE Firmware: affected versions not specified

Published 2022-10-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.