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CVE-2024-4978 · EUVD no mirror located · GCVE no mirror located Verified 2026-06-22

Justice AV Solutions Viewer vulnerability

Justice AV Solutions Viewer installer contains a malicious ffmpeg variant that establishes unauthorized C2 communication, enabling remote code execution and system compromise.

Verdict

Today item — known-exploited.

A trojanized executable embedded in the Viewer installer creates a backdoor for command and control access. This supply-chain compromise affects users who download and execute the affected installer package.

CISA KEV Yes · 2024-05-293EPSS 0.26937 (verify live)4
01

Is it exploitable?

— the evidence, ranked above the score
Reported exploitation
3 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-05-29).
CISA KEV ↗Confirmed
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.26937 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Justice AV Solutions, Viewer . Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
NVD ↗Reported
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-506 CWE-506.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
NVD ↗Reported
02

Who’s exploiting it?

— attribution turns risk into urgency
Attribution not established

No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.

03

Why it matters

— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board
1

Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1

Attacker
Distribute trojanized installer containing malicious ffmpeg executable to establish persistent C2 access on target systems.
Business
End-user systems compromised through trusted software distribution channel, enabling unauthorized remote access and potential data exfiltration or lateral movement.
2

Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2

Attacker
Execute arbitrary commands on compromised host via established C2 connection to perform reconnaissance or deploy secondary payloads.
Business
Attackers gain operational control of affected systems, risking confidentiality, integrity, and availability of customer data and infrastructure.
3

Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3

Attacker
Maintain persistence through backdoor mechanism embedded in commonly-used security software component.
Business
Prolonged undetected compromise increases exposure window and likelihood of advanced attack stages including privilege escalation or network propagation.
04

What to do

— defensible action
  • Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
05

Coverage & confidence

— what we know, and what we don’t

Established (cited)

  • KEV listing (CISA)
  • EPSS probability (FIRST)
  • 3 reported-exploitation source(s)
  • CWE weakness mapping (NVD)
  • Catalogued by cisa-cg (CNA)
  • Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden

  • No EUVD / GCVE mirror in feed — single-authority dependency for the identifier.
  • EPSS & exposure are time-varying; verify live at the source.
  • Threat-actor attribution not established from feed data — absence of a name is not absence of compromise.
  • No finder/reporter credit recorded in the public CVE entry — the work behind this find is unattributed.
  • Disclosure & credit2
    Catalogued by cisa-cgCNA
    Credited with finding itNo finder named in the public CVE record — the work behind this find is unattributed.