CVE-2024-4978 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction Active

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact High

Subsequent System Availability Impact High

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is in the KEV database since May 29, 2024.

The EPSS score is 0.23957.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Javs	Javs Viewer Viewer

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:javs:javs_viewer:8.3.7.250:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://twitter.com/2RunJack2/status/1775052981966377148
https://www.javs.com/downloads/
https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2024/05/23/cve-2024-4978-backdoored-justice-av-solutions-viewer-software-used-in-apparent-supply-chain-attack/

History

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 09:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Javs viewer
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:javs:viewer:8.3.7.250:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Javs viewer
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisa-cg

Published: 2024-05-23T01:56:37.946Z

Updated: 2025-07-30T01:37:03.206Z

Reserved: 2024-05-15T21:03:53.551Z

Link: CVE-2024-4978

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:55:10.367Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-23T02:15:09.257

Modified: 2025-01-27T21:42:09.123

Link: CVE-2024-4978

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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