CVE-2024-4978 — Justice AV Solutions (JAVS) Viewer Installer Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability
Severity: Critical · Kind: Vulnerability
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Justice AV Solutions Viewer . 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.
Vulnerability facts
- CVE
- CVE-2024-4978
- On CISA KEV since
- 2024-05-29
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
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