Buffer overflow in Hawk Monitoring Agent (HMA) for TIBCO Hawk before 4.6.1 and TIBCO Runtime Agent (TRA) before 5.4 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via the configuration for tibhawkhma.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2829 is rated Moderate Risk (40.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.47%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 0.27% | 0.47% | +0.20% |
| 2 | 2026-01-02 | 0.11% | 0.27% | +0.16% |
| 3 | 2023-03-07 | — | 0.11% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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3.1 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| tibco | hawk | 4.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:tibco:hawk:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| tibco | hawk_monitoring_agent | — | cpe:2.3:a:tibco:hawk_monitoring_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| tibco | runtime_agent | 5.3 | cpe:2.3:a:tibco:runtime_agent:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20431 | Vendor Advisory |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1016223 | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/620516 | Patch US Government Resource |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18300 | |
| http://www.tibco.com/resources/mk/hawk_security_advisory.txt | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2156 | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26938 |