CVE-2004-2687 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

distcc 2.x, as used in XCode 1.5 and others, when not configured to restrict access to the server port, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via compilation jobs, which are executed by the server without authorization checks.

Published: 2007-09-23

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 89.6% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:1.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.89578.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-03/0183.html
http://distcc.samba.org/security.html
http://lists.samba.org/archive/distcc/2004q3/002550.html
http://lists.samba.org/archive/distcc/2004q3/002562.html
http://www.metasploit.org/projects/Framework/exploits.html#distcc_exec
http://www.osvdb.org/13378

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.90206}`	epss `{'score': 0.89709}`

Subscriptions

Apple Xcode

Samba Samba

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-09-23T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:40:06.152Z

Reserved: 2007-09-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2687

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-2687

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-16

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