CVE-2024-4978

Malicious Code in Justice AV Solutions (JAVS) Viewer

HIGH
8.4
CVSS Score
Published: May 23, 2024 at 01:56 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:03 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsJavs ViewerJAVS Viewer

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Severity
HIGH8.4
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 27%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score26.9%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 26.9% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 98% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Justice AV Solutions (JAVS) Viewer installer contains a malicious version of ffmpeg.exe, named fffmpeg.exe (SHA256: 421a4ad2615941b177b6ec4ab5e239c14e62af2ab07c6df1741e2a62223223c4). When run, this creates a backdoor connection to a malicious C2 server.

Required Action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
May 29, 2024
Remediation Due
Jun 19, 2024
859 days overdue

Description

Justice AV Solutions Viewer Setup 8.3.7.250-1 contains a malicious binary when executed and is signed with an unexpected authenticode signature. A remote, privileged threat actor may exploit this vulnerability to execute of unauthorized PowerShell commands.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (4)

Third Party Advisory
Source: 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
https://twitter.com/2RunJack2/status/1775052981966377148
Broken LinkProduct
Source: 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
https://www.javs.com/downloads/
US Government Resource
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-4978

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.4HIGHcisa-cg
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-506NVD-CWE-Other

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