CVE-2004-2687

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Published Sep 23, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 87.4% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

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

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 87.4% (87.359% probability within 30 days)

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

Jul 12, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

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

Subscriptions

Apple Xcode

Samba Samba

Weaknesses

CWE-16

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 6:40 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 23, 2007, 11:00 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 6:40 PM
Reserved: Sep 23, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:10 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 31, 2004, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:10 PM

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