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CVE-2016-20016

85
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-20016 describes a critical web shell vulnerability in MVPower CCTV DVR models, including TV-7104HE and TV7108HE, accessible via the /shell URI. This flaw allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary operating system commands as root, with a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). The vulnerability is easily exploitable due to its network attack vector and low complexity, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This issue has been actively exploited in the wild from 2017 to 2022, with public Metasploit modules available and significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.8.4_115215b9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:mvpower:tv-7104he_firmware:1.8.4_115215b9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:mvpower:tv7108he_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
86.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: MVPower DVR Shell Unauthenticated Command Execution · Aug 23, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8684 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blog.netlab.360.com / iot_reaper-a-rappid-spreading-new-iot-botnet-en
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/41471
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
pentestpartners.com / security-blog/pwning-cctv-cameras
ExploitThird Party Advisory