CVE-2025-34129 LILIN DVR RCE via Malicious FTP/NTP Configuration
Attackers can execute arbitrary shell commands with elevated privileges on LILIN DVR devices by injecting malicious code into FTP or NTP configuration fields.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-34129?
CVE-2025-34129 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Merit LILIN DVR Firmware, published on 16 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-34129?
How do I fix CVE-2025-34129?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-34129 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2025-34129 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-34129 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hjgc-c8mr-mg36.