CVE-2024-4978

Malicious Code in Justice AV Solutions (JAVS) Viewer

  • High 8.7
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 29 May 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.

Key facts

Published
23 May 2024
Last changed
21 Oct 2025
Assigned by
cisa-cg
KEV added
29 May 2024
KEV fix due
19 Jun 2024
EPSS
26.937% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 98.069% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 8.4CVSS 3.1, Highfrom the CNA (cisa-cg)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • 8.7CVSS 4.0, Highfrom the CNA (cisa-cg)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

What to do

  • Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

CAPEC-122 Privilege Abuse (CNA impact statement)

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Justice AV SolutionsViewer
  • Default status: unaffected
  • 8.3.7.250 (affected)

Timeline

  1. 23 May 2024 Published
  2. 29 May 2024 CVE-2024-4978 added to CISA KEV
  3. 29 May 2024 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

References