CVE-2004-2687

Exp

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: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-2687 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 80.98%, 100th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-2687

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
9915 exploit_db edb 2002-02-01 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2687

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 91.07% 80.98% -10.09%
2 2026-06-14 90.47% 91.07% +0.60%
3 2026-05-22 — 90.47% —

Full EPSS history (36 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2687

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2687

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-2687

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2004-2687 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (distcc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-2687

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2687

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple xcode 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba <= 2.18.3 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2687

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