Internet Faststart vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

Product3 versions
The short answer

Internet Faststart is made by Sco. We track 9 published vulnerabilities in it, across 3 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. If you run Internet Faststart, keep it on a version the vendor still supports.

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Known exploited

Which Internet Faststart vulnerabilities are being exploited?

This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.

None of Internet Faststart's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Internet Faststart flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. 75%

    Oversized ICMP ping packets can result in a denial of service, aka Ping o' Death.

    CVSS5.0Published18 Dec 1996
  2. 1.6%

    Buffer overflow in bootpd on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux systems via a malformed header type.

    CVSS10.0Published4 Dec 1998
  3. 1.3%

    Jolt ICMP attack causes a denial of service in Windows 95 and Windows NT systems.

    CVSS5.0Published1 Jan 1997
  4. 1.3%

    Sendmail decode alias can be used to overwrite sensitive files.

    CVSS5.0Published10 Dec 1996
  5. 0.8%

    Buffer overflow in SCO mscreen allows local users to gain root privileges via a long terminal entry (TERM) in the .mscreenrc file.

    CVSS7.2Published6 Oct 1998
  6. 0.8%

    Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via lookup() function.

    CVSS7.2Published24 Jul 1996
  7. 0.6%

    Buffer overflow and denial of service in Sendmail 8.7.5 and earlier through GECOS field gives root access to local users.

    CVSS7.2Published11 Sep 1996
  8. 0.6%

    Sendmail allows local users to write to a file and gain group permissions via a .forward or :include: file.

    CVSS4.6Published3 Dec 1996
  9. 0.4%

    Vulnerability in a kernel error handling routine in SCO OpenServer 5.0.2 and earlier, and SCO Internet FastStart 1.0, allows local users to gain root privileges.

    CVSS7.2Published7 Jun 1996
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We track 9 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Internet Faststart, across 3 versions.

None of Internet Faststart's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.

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