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    1 vulnerability by Justice AV Solutions

    CVE-2024-4978 (GCVE-0-2024-4978)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-23 01:56 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:05
    VLAI CISA KEV KEVintel KEV
    Title
    Malicious Code in Justice AV Solutions (JAVS) Viewer
    Summary
    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.
    Severity
    8.4 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    8.7 (High)
    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
    SSVC
    Exploitation: active Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-506 - Embedded Malicious Code
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    Justice AV Solutions Viewer Affected: 8.3.7.250
    		Create a notification for this product.
    javs viewer Affected: 8.3.7.250
        cpe:2.3:a:javs:viewer:8.3.7.250:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    		 Create a notification for this product.
    Date Public
    2024-05-23 00:30
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