CVE-2024-4978 — Justice AV Solutions (JAVS) Viewer Installer Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability
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
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