CVE-2024-4978
KEVJustice AV Solutions (JAVS) Viewer Installer Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability
View CVE record →- Vendor / Project
- Justice AV Solutions
- Product
- Viewer
- Date added
- May 29, 2024
- Due date
- Jun 19, 2024
- Known ransomware use
- Unknown
- CWEs
- CWE-506
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.
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
- Please follow the vendor’s instructions as outlined in the public statements at https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2024/05/23/cve-2024-4978-backdoored-justice-av-solutions-viewer-software-used-in-apparent-supply-chain-attack#remediation and https://www.javs.com/downloads
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4978