CVE-2024-4978
Malicious Code in Justice AV Solutions (JAVS) Viewer
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.7 High
- Published
- May 23, 2024
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Reserved
- May 15, 2024
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.7 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H | cisa-cg |
| 3.1 | 8.4 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | cisa-cg |
Weaknesses
- CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
ViewerJustice AV Solutions |
|
References
- https://twitter.com/2RunJack2/status/1775052981966377148
- https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2024/05/23/cve-2024-4978-backdoored-justice-av-solutions-viewer-software-used-in-apparent-supply-chain-attack/
- https://www.javs.com/downloads/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-4978government-resource
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