CVE-2024-4978
Justice AV Solutions (JAVS) Viewer Installer Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability
Justice AV Solutions Viewer
CVSS
8.4HighExploit odds (EPSS)26.9%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed inNone listedNo source names a fixed version yet
CISA required actionApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA KEV
What fixes it
No source in this snapshot names a fixed version.
Timeline
Description
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.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 1
- Vieweraffected: 8.3.7.250CVE List
References 5
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4978Referencevia CISA KEV
- twitter.com/2RunJack2/status/1775052981966377148Referencevia CVE List
- rapid7.com/blog/post/2024/05/23/cve-2024-4978-backdoored-justice-av-solutions-viewer-software-used-in-apparent-supply-chain-attack/Referencevia CVE List
- javs.com/downloads/Referencevia CVE List
- cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-4978Referencevia CVE List